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Science and Technology

Collision Course: Endless growth on a finite planet by Kerryn Higgs

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November 2014, no. 366

Collision Course: Endless growth on a finite planet by Kerryn Higgs

MIT Press (Footprint), $51.95 hb, 419 pp

Science and Technology

Collision Course: Endless growth on a finite planet by Kerryn Higgs

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November 2014, no. 366

This clear and cogent book is an important wake-up call. It should not need saying that it is impossible for human populations and economies to grow without limit on a finite planet, but that delusion is widespread. This book is a reminder of the inconvenient truth that should be informing our leaders, as well as an excellent analysis of the way public understanding of our global predicament has been systematically subverted for decades by powerful vested interests.

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Ian Lowe

Ian Lowe is emeritus professor of science, technology and society at Griffith University and holds adjunct appointments at two other universities. He has filled a wide range of advisory roles in Australia, is author of twelve books and over 100 other publications, and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. He has been a reviewer for several global environmental studies and in 2009 the International Academy of Sciences, Health and Ecology awarded him the Konrad Lorenz Gold Medal.

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