LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT

Main information
The title of the book is
“LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT: An Introduction to Environmental Science”
Fifth edition
It was published by “Wadsworth Publishing company” in Belmont, California in 1985.

G. Tyler Miller Jr. Biography
G. Tyler Miller Jr. has written or co-authored 60 editions of various textbooks for introductory courses in environmental science, basic ecology, energy, and environmental chemistry.
Since 1975, Miller's books have been the most widely used textbooks for environmental science in the United States and throughout the world.

Miller has a PhD from the University of Virginia and has received two honorary doctorate degrees for his contributions to environmental education.
He taught college for 20 years and developed an innovative interdisciplinary undergraduate science program before deciding to write environmental science textbooks full time in 1975.

Contents in brief

The book has logical construction. It is reflected through the sequence of parts. First the author discusses prologue.
Main information of the textbook is contained in six parts. Every part includes chapters. There are 26 chapters in this book. The final part of the textbook includes epilogue, appendixes, further readings, glossary and index.

Part one gives an overview of humans and nature relationships. It includes two chapters: “Population, resources, environmental degradation, and pollution” and “Human impact on the Earth”.
According to the theme of my dissertation (“Formation of Secondary Pupils’ Skills for Independent Work in the Process of Studying Geography”) the information in parts one, four and six of this textbook will be very useful in the research.

Part six considers the following questions as “Economics and the Environment”, “Politic and the Environment”, and “Environmental Ethics”.
Part four discusses major types of resources and their characteristics, such as soil resources, water resources, land resources and others. Information of this part will be used in the process of my research. These aspects are examined in the curriculum of secondary school.