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The Chemical Age : How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and
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- 9780226697246
- Book Title
- Chemical Age : How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship with the Earth
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Nature, Science
- Topic
- Pest Control, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Chemistry / Environmental (See Also Environmental Science), Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades, Ecology, History
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 25 oz
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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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. Sometimes these methods are wonderfully effective. 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. With depth and verve, Frank A. von Hippel explores humanity's uneasy coexistence with pests, and how their existence, and the battles to exterminate them, have shaped our modern world. Beginning with the potato blight tragedy of the 1840s, which led scientists on an urgent mission to prevent famine using pesticides, von Hippel traces the history of pesticide use to the 1960s, when Rachel Carson's Silent Spring revealed that those same chemicals were insidiously damaging our health and driving species toward extinction. Telling the story of these pesticides in vivid detail, von Hippel showcases the thrills and complex consequences of scientific discovery. He describes the invention of substances that could protect crops, the emergence of our understanding of the way diseases spread, the creation of chemicals used to kill pests and people, and, finally, how scientists turned those wartime chemicals on the landscape at a massive scale, prompting the vital environmental movement that continues today. The Chemical Age is a dynamic, sweeping history that exposes how humankind's affinity for pesticides made the modern world possible--while also threatening its essential fabric.
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
022669724x
ISBN-13
9780226697246
eBay Product ID (ePID)
7038267202
Product Key Features
Book Title
Chemical Age : How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship with the Earth
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Pest Control, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Chemistry / Environmental (See Also Environmental Science), Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades, Ecology, History
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Nature, Science
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
25 oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Td196.P38v66 2020
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Von Hippel has accomplished something remarkable in having written a book on science and modern history covering famine, plagues, wars, and ecology that is very readable and even compelling. . . . Highly recommended., Von Hippel takes us through the surprising relationship of disease and war, from how the treatment of malaria facilitated colonialism, how weapons against disease carrying pests were used against human beings in war and riot, the development of tear gas, and the coming insect apocalypse., The Chemical Age is a vital and refreshing synthesis of public health, agricultural development, war, and pesticide history. With crisp writing, von Hippel draws from an impressive breadth of sources to tell a revealing and truly thought-provoking story., This book confirmed for me so much of what has shaped my environmental concern, and I found many aspects of it especially powerful and appealing. For one, it has a strong narrative force and telling anecdotes that will engage a broad reading audience. Second, like all good narratives it is informed by a moral sensibility. It is a rich diversion, with broad temporal and geographic coverage., The Chemical Age by Frank A. von Hippel is a rich source of information on human inventions related to the fight against diseases and hunger, as well as a thought-provoking compilation of issues emphasizing the great need for humanitarian and environmental ethics., I recommend The Chemical Age to everyone that is curious or concerned about the current pandemic. Von Hippel's narratives on epidemics should help lay public understand how natural epidemics arise and are characterized. . . . [Buy], read, and enjoy., A superbly written and riveting account of scientific myopia: the employment of chemistry to solve major problems while doggedly oblivious to the consequent ravages those solutions cast upon life on earth. Destined to be a classic, this would top the fiction bestseller list, except it is solid truth. The Chemical Age should be required reading for everyone., Von Hippel's leisurely and wide-ranging history will raise readers' awareness about the power of toxic chemical compounds introduced into our environment., Von Hippel (Univ. of Arizona) has accomplished something remarkable in having written a book on science and modern history covering famine, plagues, wars, and ecology that is very readable and even compelling. . . . Highly recommended., I've focused on human-chemical interactions for 67 years and shared enemies with Rachel Carson, yet I learned a great deal from this fascinating book. Chemicals can avert hunger and disease, but unwisely used could destroy our future. Read The Chemical Age and donate copies to your local high schools and colleges!, Reveals that while the chemical industry has averted famines and vanquished diseases, it has also driven countless species towards extinction., The book is a fascinating account of the unintended consequences of humanity's battle with famine and disease., Ecologist Von Hippel delves into historical accounts to tell the stories of the scientists who developed pesticides and chemical weapons, and trace their impact on the world., Our love affair with industrial chemicals may have heroic origins, but it also has Promethean consequences that we are only beginning to fully comprehend. The Chemical Age is an essential addition to this comprehension, and a delightful mix of deep research and vivid anecdotal storytelling., Hippel's leisurely and wide-ranging history will raise readers' awareness about the power of toxic chemical compounds introduced into our environment., The story of Fritz Haber's work to feed humanity on the one hand and gas it on the other lies at the center of The Chemical Age. . . . Von Hippel is interested in the ways people have solved problems with chemicals and, in the process, created new problems.
Table of Content
Prologue Author's Note Part 1: Famine Chapter 1. Potato Blight (1586-1883) Part 2: Plague Chapter 2. Marsh Fever (2700 BCE-1902) Chapter 3. Black Vomit (1793-1953) Chapter 4. Jail Fever (1489-1958) Chapter 5. Black Death (541-1922) Part 3: War Chapter 6. Synthetic Chemicals of War (423 BCE-1920) Chapter 7. Zyklon (1917-1947) Chapter 8. DDT (1939-1950) Chapter 9. I. G. Farben (1916-1959) Part 4: Ecology Chapter 10. Resistance (1945-1962) Chapter 11. Silent Spring (1962-1964) Chapter 12. Wonder and Humility (1962-The Future) Epilogue Acknowledgments Map of Place Names Literature Cited Index
Copyright Date
2020
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2019-046215
Dewey Decimal
632/.9509
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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