The Closing Circle: Nature, Man, and Technology
Categories: Politics & Social Sciences, Science & Math
Biologist Barry Commoner, a founder of the environmental movement, examines the causes of the environmental crisis in this 1971 classic. He sets out four laws of ecology: everything is connected to everything else, everything must go somewhere, nature knows best, and there is no such thing as a free lunch. Commoner argues that postwar technologies, not population alone, are the main cause of pollution.
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- Shane Parrish: “A fascinating book from the 1970s offering “the four basic and inescapable laws of ecology,” and thus building on our existing knowledge. Barry Commoner, the author, was a pioneer.”