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Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
More than a century before Alan Greenspan coined the phrase "irrational exuberance" to describe the speculative bubble inflating technology stocks, Charles Mackay was recording the history of "tulipomania," a speculative madness surrounding the value of tulips in the 18th century that was the ruin of many Dutch and English investors. This is only one of the "extraordinary popular delusions" documented by Mackay in a fascinating study of group psychology....
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Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
This title lends insight into the life and work of a pioneering scientist and ecologist. Rachel Carson was an American marine biologist who wrote several books reflecting her lifelong interest in the seas and the seashores. In her writings, Carson stressed the interrelation of all living things, marking her as one of the most important figures of the environmental movement of the mid-twentieth century.
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