The Twenty Ninth Day

by Lester R. Brown

Book Overview

The global lily pond in which four billion of us live may already be half full. Although UN projections show world population continuing to grow until it reaches ten to sixteen billion, Lester Brown believes this is unrealistic. In this fascinating analysis of the four principal biological systems on which humanity depends--fisheries, forests, grasslands, and croplands--the author shows that the demands at current levels of population and per capita...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393056732
• ISBN13: 9780393056730
• Release Date: April 1978
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"