• ISBN13: 9780198076995
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Earth-Science/Environment
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: January 1, 2011
• Pages: 236
• Original Price: INR 650.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 450 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Environmental Science and Life Sciences / Ecology

Highlighting the state of the environment, this book addresses the major environmental crises staring at us—from threatened ecosystems, disappearing forests, and endangered species to depleting natural resources, escalating pollution, growing population, and dangerous toxins. The author uses real-life environmental stories from India and abroad not just to illustrate the various problems we encounter in our daily lives, but also to suggest remedies. Dotted with inspiring messages, poems, questions with surprising answers, and evocative illustrations that tell their own story, this book will educate and delight a wide spectrum of readers.

R. Rajagopalan holds a BE in mechanical engineering from Madras University and a PhD in industrial and management engineering from IIT Kanpur. He taught for over 30 years at IIT Kanpur and IIT Madras. He has written and edited several books, including 12 textbooks on environmental education for schools and colleges. Two of his children's books have won national awards.