THE HUMAN, THE ORCHID, AND THE OCTOPUS

Reviewed 3/20/2008

The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus, by Cousteau & Schiefelbein

Access to this book courtesy of the
Santa Clara, CA City Public Library
THE HUMAN, THE ORCHID, AND THE OCTOPUS
Exploring and Conserving our Natural World
Jacques Cousteau
Susan Schiefelbein
Bill McKibben (Fwd.)
New York: Bloomsbury, October 2007

Rating:

5.0

High

ISBN-13 978-1-59691-417-9
ISBN 1-59691-417-3 305pp. HC/FCI $25.95

Table of Contents

  Foreword by Bill McKibben ix
  Introduction by Susan Schiefelbein 1
1 The Drive to Explore 27
2 Personal Risk 45
3 Public Risk 80
4 Irreplaceable Water, Irreplaceable Air 106
5 The Holy Scriptures and the Environment 116
6 Saccage 130
7 Catch as Catch Can 146
8 Science and Human Values 178
9 The Hot Peace: Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Energy 205
10 Life in a Billion Years 263
11 The Miracle of Life: The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus 276
  Epilogue: An Update Since the Writing of this Book 293
  Selected Bibliography 303
Valid CSS! Valid HTML 4.01 Strict To contact Chris Winter, send email to this address.
Copyright © 2008-2016 Christopher P. Winter. All rights reserved.
This page was last modified on 23 August 2016.