The control of nature

Description:

McPhee details the strategies and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking in his vivid depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those who would attempt to wrest control from her--stubborn, often ingenious, and always arresting characters.

subjects: Environmental protection,  Nature,  Effect of human beings on,  Influence on nature,  Man,  Human beings,  Long Now Manual for Civilization,  Nature, effect of human beings on,  New York Times reviewed,  Debris avalanches,  Volcanic eruptions,  Flood control,  Mensch,  Natur,  Naturgefahr,  Ingénierie,  Relation homme-nature