Getting Your Feet Wet

摘要

Water, because of its importance to almost everybody, is a complicated combination of science,bureaucracy, and politics. An excellent introduction to this complex subject is the recent book by G.M.Hornberger and D. Perrone, Water Resources: Science and Society. Hornberger is a distinguishedhydrologist with an extensive background in the application and policy of water management. He has acomplementary book on physical hydrology (Hornberger et al, 2014). Perrone is a bright, early careerhydrologist. The Water Resources book is about the application of hydrological concepts in a nontech-nical approach suitable for ecology undergraduates who want a quick introduction to water management(quick, because the book can be read in one weekend).