THE HUMAN, THE ORCHID, AND THE OCTOPUS

Reviewed 3/20/2008

The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus, by Cousteau & Schiefelbein
THE HUMAN, THE ORCHID, AND THE OCTOPUS
Exploring and Conserving our Natural World
Jacques Cousteau & Susan Schiefelbein
Bill McKibben (Fwd.)
New York: Bloomsbury, 2007

Rating:

5.0

High

ISBN-13 978-1-59691-417-9
ISBN-10 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
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