Donald Eaton Carr

Donald Eaton Carr (October 17, 1903 – September 1986) was an American journalist, author and research chemist.

Donald Eaton Carr

He was born in Los Angeles, California, on October 17, 1903. He obtained a science degree from University of California, Berkeley in 1930. In 1934 he married Mildred Clarke, From 1930 until 1947 he was a research chemist at the Union Oil Company. He wrote seven books, mostly about air and water pollution.

Selected publications
  • The Breath of Life (Norton, 1965)
  • Death of the Sweet Waters (Norton, 1966)[1]
  • The Eternal Return (Doubleday, 1968)
  • The Sexes (Doubleday, 1970)[2]
  • The Deadly Feast of Life (Doubleday, 1971)[3]
  • The Forgotten Senses (Doubleday, 1972)
  • Energy and the Earth Machine (Norton, 1976)[4]
gollark: Anyway! "Consequentialism" basically says "do whatever produces the best eventual outcome (by some metric)", so a consequentialist would probably say "well, 1 people dying is better than 5, so divert the trolley".
gollark: How ethical.
gollark: Do you do so?
gollark: You can throw a switch to make it go onto another track where it will only run over 1 person.
gollark: Basically, a runaway trolley is heading down a track where it will run over 5 people.

References
  1. "Reviewed Work: Death of the Sweet Waters by Donald E. Carr". Journal (American Water Works Association). 59 (4): 50. 1967.
  2. Klinge, Paul (1971). "Reviewed Work: The Sexes by Donald E. Carr". The American Biology Teacher. 33 (7): 436.
  3. "The Deadly Feast of Life". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  4. "Energy and the Earth Machine". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
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