tailieunhanh - Agricultural versus Environmental Science

The products of science and technology influence the lives of all citizens, including young adults. New means of communication and transportation, new ways of doing work and pursuing recreation, new foods and new medicines arrive almost daily. Science also engenders new ways of looking at the world and at other citizens. Likewise, science can raise concerns about moral and ethical values. Dealing with all such changes requires some resiliency. The needed adaptations by individuals are fostered by knowledge of the inner workings of science and technology and of the researchers and engineers who do the studies and design the products. Consequently, one of the goals of the Science and Society set of. | SCIENCE SOCIETY AGRICULTURAL VERSUS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE A Green Revolution J. 5. KIDD AND RENEE A. KIDD Agricultural versus Environmental Science A GREEN REVOLUTION J. S. Kidd and Renee A. Kidd CHELSEAHOUSE PUBLISHERS An imprint of Infobase Publishing Agricultural versus Environmental Science A Green Revolution Copyright 2006 1998 by J. S. Kidd and Renee A. Kidd This is a revised edition of Shades of Green The Clash of Agricultural Science and Environmental Science Copyright 1998 by J. S. Kidd and Renee A. Kidd All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or by any information storage or retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact Chelsea House An imprint of Infobase Publishing 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 ISBN-10 0-8160-5608-0 ISBN-13 978-0-8160-5608-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kidd J. S. Jerry S. Agricultural versus environmental science a green revolution J. S. Kidd and Renee A. Kidd. p. cm. Science and society ISBN 0-8160-5608-0 HC 1. Agriculture Environmental aspects Juvenile literature. 2. Environmentalism Juvenile literature. 3. Green Revolution Juvenile literature. I. Kidd Renee A. II. Title. III. Science and society Facts On File Inc. 2005 498 dc22 2004061963 Chelsea House books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses associations institutions or sales promotions. Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at 212 967-8800 or 800 322-8755. You can find Chelsea House on the World Wide Web at http Text design by James Scotto-Lavino Cover design by Pehrsson Design Illustrations by Sholto Ainslie Printed in the United States of America MP FOF 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 This book is printed on acid-free .