Author Barry Commoner is a biologist, ecologist, educator (a professor with a class of millions he's been called) is regarded as America's best informed & most articulated spokesman for the safegurding of earth's envionment. The environmental crisis The ecosphere Nuclear fire Los Angeles air Illinois earth Lake Erie water Man in the ecosphere Population and "affluence" The technological flaw The social issues The question of survival The economic meaning of ecology The closing circle Notes Acknowledgments Index