Paradigms Lost: Learning from Environmental Mistakes, Mishaps and Misdeeds

by Daniel Vallero

Engineers and scientists have made great progress in advancing the understanding of the principles underlying environmental quality and public health. However, all too often, society and the scientific community do not realize the connections between environmental occurrences. In their haste to remedy a situation, they overlook lessons that could be learned to prevent future disasters. Paying attention to the past instructs us about the future.

Paradigms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750678887
• ISBN13: 9780750678889
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 9.1"