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Informationen zum Autor R. J. Berry was a professor of genetics at University College London from 1974 to 2000. He is a distinguished ecologist, having served as president of the British Ecological Society and the European Ecological Federation and authoring over 200 scientific papers. For many years, Berry has been involved in debates about the relationship of science and the Christian faith. He is a founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion, an ex-president of Christians in Science, and a Gifford Lecturer. He has also served on the Ethics Working Group of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and represented the United Kingdom at a G7 conference which led to the drawing up of a Code of Environmental Practice. Klappentext Ecology and the Environment: The Mechanisms, Marring, and Maintenance of Nature is the ninth title published in the Templeton Science and Religion Series, in which scientists from a wide range of fields distill their experience and knowledge into brief tours of their respective specialties. In this volume, R. J. Berry, a well-known leader in the field of ecology, describes the basic concepts of ecology and seeks to put them into a general context for a reader who lacks any scientific background. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface / vii Chapter 1: Ecology—The Study of Place / 3 Chapter 2: A Green Machine / 26 Chapter 3: From Deluge to Biogeography / 69 Chapter 4: Stewardship and Ecological Services / 99 Chapter 5: Environmental Literacy / 117 Chapter 6: The Proper Study of Mankind / 132 Chapter 7: The Most Dangerous Species / 150 Chapter 8: God’s Two Books / 184 Acknowledgments / 211 Notes / 213 Further Reading / 217 Index / 221
