Books and Brew

Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—and How It Can Renew America by Thomas Friedman focuses carefully on how the planet can be saved from humankind’s wasteful ways. Friedman sketches out a thought-provoking plan to show us “what we need to make America healthier, richer, more innovative, more productive, and more secure.” (The New York Times) Reviewed by Robert Rumer, Instructor in Bioengineering and Physics.