Our One and Only Spaceship: Denial, Delusion, and the Population Crisis

by Eric Pianka, Laurie Vitt

Overview

Ecologists Eric R. Pianka (University of Texas) and Laurie J. Vitt (University of Oklahoma) provide a scientific summary of the overpopulation crisis facing humanity and itemize its many consequences, including climate change (global warming), conservation biology, economic systems, energy and resource shortages, human instincts, immigration conflicts, politics, pollution, poverty, technological problems, and solutions needed. Their underlying thesis is that denial and delusion work synergistically to undermine our ability to confront these serious issues, and unless we undertake proactive measures now, overpopulation and its impact on resource competition and climate change will ultimately lead to the collapse of civilization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781733030533
Publisher:	Eric R Pianka and Laurie J Vitt
Publication date:	09/20/2019
Edition description:	10 days
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

Eric R. Pianka and Laurie J. Vitt are hard core/long-term university ecologists. Pianka has been a Professor at the University of Texas for over 50 years. Vitt is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Oklahoma. They wrote a prize-winning coffee table book “Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity” published by the University of California Press in 2003. They coedited a symposium volume and each has published successful textbooks. Pianka was awarded the Eminent Ecologist Award by the Ecological Society of America in 2015. Vitt is an elected member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.