The Chemical Age Von Hippel Frank A.
The Chemical Age Von Hippel Frank A. A dynamic and sweeping history that exposes how humankind's affinity for pesticides made the modern world possible--while also threatening its essential…
Specifikacia The Chemical Age Von Hippel Frank A.
The Chemical Age Von Hippel Frank A.
A dynamic and sweeping history that exposes how humankind's affinity for pesticides made the modern world possible--while also threatening its essential fabric.For thousands of years, we've found ways to scorch, scour, and sterilize our surroundings to make them safer. Often, however, they come with catastrophic consequences--consequences that aren't typically understood for generations.The Chemical Age tells the captivating story of the scientists who waged war on famine and disease with chemistry. Sometimes these methods are wonderfully effective.
von Hippel explores humanity's uneasy coexistence with pests, and how their existence, and the battles to exterminate them, have shaped our modern world. With depth and verve, Frank A. Beginning with the potato blight tragedy of the 1840s, which led scientists on an urgent mission to prevent famine using pesticides,
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