UID:
almafu_9959328610502883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 452 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780470099704
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0470099704
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9780470099698
,
0470099690
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1281094102
,
9781281094100
Content:
This new and expanded Fourth Edition of Dr. Benarde's myth-defying book uses an evidence-based approach to refute today's pervasive, environmental doomsday hype. With up-to-date information consolidated from authoritative scientific journals and presented in highly readable form, Our Precarious Habitat ... It's In Your Hands: covers hot-button issues like global warming, nuclear energy, electromagnetic fields, alternative health practices, and more; covers illnesses such as SARS, avian flu, West Nile virus, and prion diseases like mad cow; and includes facts, figures, tables, and charts deri.
Note:
OUR PRECARIOUS HABITAT; CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction; 1 AMERICA THE HEATHFUL: ITS VITAL SIGNS; 2 NO PROOF IN THE PUDDINGS: ALTERNATIVE HEALTH PRACTICES; 3 MICROBES AMONG US; 4 FOOD UNCOVERED; 5 CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING: WILL THE GREENHOUSE BECOME A HOTHOUSE?; 6 TAPPING THE ATOM; 7 POWERING THE WORLD: ALTERNATIVE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; 8 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: PERCEPTIONS AND POLITICAL ASPECTS; 9 SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE; THE PEOPLE FOR SCIENCE; Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Benarde, Melvin A. Our precarious habitat-- it's in your hands. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, ©2007 ISBN 0471740659
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780471740650
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0470099704
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0470099704
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0470099704
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