Download or read book Vital Signs 1999 written by Lester Russell Brown and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global trends documented in Vital Sings 1999--from a decline in nuclear power generating capacity to the proliferation of genetically modified crops--will play a large part in determining the quality of our lives and our children's lives in the next decade.