I n thi s issu e

Vol . 5. No. 4. May 1975

Edward Goldsmith

J . C. Mathes Donald H . Gray

Graham Searle

Allan Rodger Goran Backstrand

C. Richard Tracy

Richard Carder

Roger Gomm

COMMENT

The Two Faces o f New Guinea

ARTICLES

The Engineer as Social Radical The engineer is often a conservative and would be horrified at the thought of the social changes his activities must inevitably bring about.

The Tragedy o f New Zealand's Forests Among the most beautiful in the World . . . they are being systematically devastated.

Can the Third World Afford its Super-Elite? Created by western influence the elite is inexorably causing further undesirable westernisation.

The Inaccuracy of World Crop Data Modern science is data mad, but data — (certainly in this field) — are very shaky indeed.

A n Ecological Calendar

REPORT

Nutrition and Anthropology Conference

BOOK REVIEWS

LETTERS

This Month's Authors

Classified Advertisements

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