Godly indulgence: What makes the deities' diet
Food is an important part of culture, and religion too has not been able to escape from its richness. This has resulted in special foods for gods,…
Himalayan upheavals
NATURAL PREMISES: ECOLOGY AND PEASANT LIFE IN THE WESTERN HIMALAYA 1800- 1950·Chetan Singh·Oxford University Press·New Delhi&…
Forests under threat
OXIDANT AIR POLLUTION IMPACTS IN THE MONTANE FORESTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA A CASE STUDY OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS·Paul R Miller, …
Himalaya's human face
HIMALAYA LIFE ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD·David Zurick and P P Karan·John Hopkins University Press Baltimore and London·1999&…
A jumbo by the tail
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Time for excitement
ABOUT TIME: EINSTEIN'S UNFINISHED REVOLUTION Paul Davies Viking
Nerd calender
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A small matter of death
The Hot Zone Richard Preston Publisher: Doubleday Price: £14.99
Boffins unchained
PROMETHEUS BOUND: SCIENCE IN A DYNAMIC STEADY STATE by John Ziman Publisher: Cambridge University Press Price: £16.95
Understanding trivia
CATS HAVE NINE LIVES by D Balasubramanian Publisher: Publications and -Information Directorate, New Delhi Price: Rs 50
The hunt for green gold
BIODIVERSITY PROSPECTING Walter V Reid, Rodrigo Gamez et al Publisher: World Resource Institute, INBio, the Rainforest Alliance and the African …
Know your scientists
BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF SCIENTISTS Edited by Trevor Williams Publisher: Harper Collins Price: L25
A pact with evil truth
THE UNNATURAL NATURE OF SCIENCE Lewis Wolpert Publisher: Faber and Faber Limited, London Price: $20
Science on a platter
MAKE IT CLOUD NINE Bal Phondke Publisher: Publications & Information Directorate, India Price: Rs 50
A life of perseverance
EVERY child has been fed the story of Isaac Newton's discovery of universal gravitation. But what is not told is that this idea did not come to …
Capitalism, heal thyself
CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES IN ECONOMIC REGULATORY POLICY Marcia Lynn Whicker Publisher: Sage Publications, New Delhi Price: Not stated
The genius, the media's darling
EISTEIN LIVED HERE Abraham Pais-Ctarendon Press Oxford University Press-Special Indian Price Rs 325
Grounded fantasy
GUESTS IN THIS COUNTRY: A DEVELOPMENT FANTASY Edited by Greta Rana Publisher: Book Faith India Price: Rs 450 (Nepal)
Guiding light
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Up against a wall
THE END OF SCIENCE·John Horgan· Helix books/ Addison Wesley Publishing Company · Price US $24
Numbers all the way
NATURE'S NUMBERS: DISCOVERING ORDER AND PATTERN IN THE UNIVERSE Ian Steward . Widenfeld and Nicholson . Distributed by India Book House . 1995 . …
Carrot and stick
AN UNEQUAL TREATY: WORLD TRADING ORDER AFTER GATT Muchkund Dubey . New Age International Limited . February, 1996 . Price Rs 125
Nature and culture, no fissure
THE FABER BOOK OF SCIENCE Edited by John Carey . Published by Faber and Faber . Price US $19.5
Complex perplexes
COMPLEXITY: THE EMERGING SCIENCE AT THE EDGE OF ORDER AND CHAOS M Mitchell Waldrop . Penguin . 1995 Price US $11.99