00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773861544464 Buklod 20080327154321.0 j|||||||||||||| | ta 151031s1993 cauab rb |||1 u|eng d 0534178081 9780534178086 (iLib)UPBAG-00002409363 BC-32436 Php652.75 0LC BAG rda eng GE 105 M54 1993 Miller, G. Tyler (George Tyler) 1931- author. Environmental science sustaining the earth G. Tyler Miller, Jr. Fourth edition. Belmont, California Wadsworth Publishing Company [1993] xiv, 498 pages color illustrations, color maps 29 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Wadsworth biology series Previous editions entitled: Environmental science : an introduction. Includes bibliographical references and index. Humans and nature : an overview -- Scientific principles and concepts -- Air, water, and soil resources -- Living resources -- Energy and mineral resources. This book is designed to be used in introductory courses on environmental science. It treats environmental science as an INTERDISCIPLINARY study, combining ideas and information from natural sciences such as biology, chemistry, and geology and social sciences such as economics, politics, and ethics to present a general idea of how nature works and how things are interconnected. It examines how the environment is being used and abused, and what individuals can do to protect and improve it for themselves, for future generations, and for other living things. Environmental sciences. Human ecology. Environmental protection. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN GE 105 M54 1993 Book