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Summary: Dont waste your time
Review: If I could give this book 0 stars, I would do it in a heartbeat. And just as the title of this review suggests, please do not waste your time on this book. It is possibly the worst book that has ever been written. William Souder wasted his time writing this book, and my time reading this book.
This book is 304 pages of the exact same thing. The only way that this book could be classified as "Horrifying" is for the fact that it was actually written and published. I found it in no way enlightening or enjoyable, all this book could be considered as is a major waste of time and money.
Rating: 
Summary: Highly intelligent survey by a gifted writer
Review: Mr. Souder has the rare ability to bring abstruse science to life without bias or over-simplification. He is also a keen observer of the human species and its political interactions. This is indeed "the horrifying true story," one I wish would go away; yet the author's presentation is dispassionate, thorough, and as non-alarmist as possible for a subject this spooky. The book offers a good overview of current environmental science research in addition to its difficult detective story: what's responsible for these massive levels of gross deformities in frogs?
Rating:
Summary: Highly intelligent survey by a gifted writer
Review: Mr. Souder has the rare ability to bring abstruse science to life without bias or over-simplification. He is also a keen observer of the human species and its political interactions. This is indeed "the horrifying true story," one I wish would go away; yet the author's presentation is dispassionate, thorough, and as non-alarmist as possible for a subject this spooky. The book offers a good overview of current environmental science research in addition to its difficult detective story: what's responsible for these massive levels of gross deformities in frogs?
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Summary: "You only find what you look for."
Review: There are some excellent reviews already written on this book;but since none have been written for quite a while;let me do the honor of keeping the flame alive.I, also, found it an excellent read.I read a lot of books in the broad field of Natural History ;but many are written by naturalists and their strongest abilities are often not in writing skills.This book written by someone, more of a journalist, and hence is a much better read.
While centered on the subject of frogs ,it does an excellent job of covering the whole subject of enviromental impact on life on the planet.He gives a detailed look at people involved and how their personalities have so much to do with identifying problems and finding solutions.He does not condem these people for the way they behave but tries to show why and in the end what, we have to expect.I think he has done a better job,being an 'outsider' than any of the scientists involved,could have done.Let the scientists do the reasearch and the writers tell the story!This is not said to criticize the scientists but to praise the writer.
He points out that there are two types of errors that can occur when a problem surfaces: TYPE I Assume the situation is bad,if it turns out OK,nobody
gets hurt,maybe some just embarrassment or credibility
problems. TYPE II Assume not dangerous,turns out to be dangerous.This is a tragedy.No one wants to make a TYPE II error.
As in many other books coming out today we are again being warned of the the problems man is creating with the enviroment.
While most thinking people would agree that we are heading towards disaster,they think it is a long way off,the men in the white coats will come up with a solution (don't they always?);
besides I,m not the problem.I still want that SUV;somebody else
can solve the enviroment problem!
Bill McKibben in "The End Of Nature" (1989) gives us lots of evidence that man has now the power to harm the enviroment beyond its ability to recover.It seems the warnings are not being heeded."In our lifetime there is no topic that will matter as much as our planet's survival and every discussion will begin with the premise of The End Of Nature".
Just a couple of thoughts from Sowder's book: "This world is all we have.We've got no place to go." "The earth is changing,and the frogs are responding." "I think there's a lot we can't do anything about.The
earth will take care of itself.Time is on its side.We
don't have to save the world.We have to save ourselves." Just think about this. Who would have paid $1 for a bottle of water 25 yars ago ? Where will we be in the next 25;or is it 15,or maybe 10?
To quote a line from Laurel and Hardy;
"Now look at the mess you've got us in." Give this book a read,it's a warning for us all! '
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Summary: Hiroshima of The Frogs
Review: This book is another in a series of books written about the subject of frog deformities. This book sheds an urgency on the problem in a dramatically written narrative, that hopefully will inform and concern most readers. While many people make light of the fact that the world has a frog problem, no one can dispute that global changes are affecting these animals at an increasing rate. Even if the problem is a "natural" one as some reviewers suggest, people should still be concerned that the world is rapidly loosing animals that have managed to survive for millions of years- certainly we should be doing something to change this; whatever the cause. I applaud the author for trying to get readers to see the problem as a global one, and a serious one. I would urge people to read this book, and come away from it prepared to do battle with the naysayers that have little concern for the future of frogs, the planet, and human life.
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