Invasion Biology: Critique of A Pseudoscience
Here’s David I. Theodoropoulos after giving a class to our Permaculture Design Course on June 22nd, 2008 on the topic of his book: Invasion Biology: Critique of A Pseudoscience
Dave gave a very interesting talk explaining the reasons why he calls invasion biology a pseudoscience.
What is invasion bioloogy? It is the attempt to address through science the ecology, influence, and impact of introduced species.
Another Kind of Genocide book review by Toby Hemenway.
Click here for a book review by David Holmgren.
Here I am with David Theodoropoulos and Larry Santoyo at the Cabrillo College Horticulture Center with the Monterey Bay in the background for our Permaculture Design Course.
Here’s the cover of Dave’s book with a excerpt from a book review. Click here to order the book.
“In this provocative work, Mr. Theodoropoulos uses a combination of detailed bibliographic research, precise language, and skillful polemics to analyze invasion biology as a pseudoscience… it is an organic work of great analytical force and bibliographic intensity…. The credibility of the book’s arguments is based in fundamental evolutionary ecology…. Critics may dispute some of his analyses or judgments, but their own credibility would need to be measured against Mr. Theodoropoulos’s analytical rigor, clarity of expression, and transparency of agenda…. Mr. Theodoropoulos’ ideas are, in this book, ecologically coherent, precisely conceived, and effectively articulated.” –Dr. D.L. Scarnecchia, Washington State University. Book Review, Rangelands 26(2), April 2004.
