Looking Forward: How Inexorable is the Environmental Crisis?
David Ehrenfeld
Monday, 15 Feb 1982 at 3:00 pm – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
David Ehrenfeld is Professor of Biology at Rutgers University and the author of several books on conservation. his book, The Arrogance of Humanism, is a critical examination of the adequacy of human control over modern society and its inventions. His novel, The Chameleon Variant, treats the abuse of genetic engineering and its effect on a small Connecticut town.Part of the National Affairs Series: Dreams, Myth and Reality.
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