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Author Cousteau, Jacques, 1910-1997

Title The human, the orchid, and the octopus : exploring and conserving our natural world / Jacques Cousteau and Susan Schiefelbein.

Imprint New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  333.9516 C836h 2007    ---  Available
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
Description xi, 305 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-305).
Contents The drive to explore -- Personal risk -- Public risk -- Irreplaceable water, irreplaceable air -- The Holy Scriptures and the environment -- Saccage -- Catch as catch can -- Science and human values -- The hot peace : nuclear weapons and nuclear energy -- Life in a billion years -- The miracle of life : the human, the orchid, and the octopus -- Epilogue: An update since the writing of this book.
Summary Explorer, diving pioneer, filmmaker, inventor, and activist, Jacques Cousteau was blessed from childhood with boundless curiosity about the natural world. As the leader of fascinating, often dangerous expeditions all over the planet, he discovered firsthand the complexity and beauty of life on earth and undersea--and watched the toll taken by human activity. In his last book, written over the last ten years of his life and finally available in the United States, Cousteau describes his philosophy about protecting our world for future generations. Weaving stories of his adventures throughout, he and collaborator Susan Schiefelbein address the risks we take with human health, the overfishing and sacking of the world's oceans, the hazards of nuclear proliferation, and the environmental responsibility of scientists, politicians, and people of faith. Cousteau's lyrical, passionate call for action is even more relevant today than when this book was completed in 1996.--From publisher description.
Subject Nature conservation.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Cousteau, Jacques, 1910-1997
Oceanographers -- France -- Biography.
Added Author Schiefelbein, Susan.
ISBN 9781596914179 (hardcover)
1596914173 (hardcover)
Standard No. AU@ 000041602580
NZ1 11372497

 
    
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