"I was mesmerized by this book, and highly recommend it to all my family, friends, and colleagues. Charles C. Mann has written a brilliant, compelling, must-read book on two pioneering scientists of the 20th century. Mann writes about Borlaug and Vogt from their early childhoods to how they became the voices of agriculture and ecology, and how their insightful views can be used to help better manage land, water and other important world resources going forward in the 21st century."
— Lawrence E. Datnoff, Professor & Department Head LSU AgCenter