The politics of truth
SCIENCE, A FOUR THOUSAND YEAR OLD HISTORY • by Patricia Fara • Oxford University Press • Price Rs 800
Out of the fizz
BELCHING OUT THE DEVIL; GLOBAL ADVENTURES WITH COCA COLA • by Mark Thomas • Random House • Indian Price Rs 450
Fun and information on wildlife
NATURE SCOPE INDIA -- AMAZING MAMMALS Publisher: Centre for Environmental Education (CEE), Ahmedabad Price: Not mentioned
BOOKS RECEIVED
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNEES & URBAN PLANNIG Publisher: Orient Longman, New Delhi Price: Rs 25
Anything for water
LAST OASIS: FACING WATER SCARCTIY Sandra Postel Publisher: Horizon India Books Price: Rs 250
Societies and sustainability
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: VOICES FROM RURAL ASIA (VOL 172) Edited by Paul Mc Grath Publisher Studio Driya Media & CUSO
Metal or mettle matters?
WHILE STOCKS LAST: A CASE FOR SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Wilma Berends, Bertram Zagema and Teo wams. Friends of the Earth , The Netherlands.…
Exploding the myth
Down To Earth December 31, 2001 55 THE EVOLUTION EXPLOSION: HOW HUMANS CAUSE RAPID EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE· Stephen R Palumbi·W W …
Silent fury
THERE IS A FIRE IN YOUR FOREST· duration 58 minutes· directed by Krishnendu Bose
Experiencing water
WATERSCAPES-PLANNING, BUILDING AND DESIGNING WITH WATER·edited by Herbert Dreitseitl, Dieter Grau and Karl H C Ludwig· Birkhä…
Of women and forests
LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND LIVED EXPERIENCE: THE MOUNTAIN WOMEN OF HIMACHAL PRADESH· Brenda Cranney·Sage Publications·New Delhi&…
Cost of ecological balance
ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMICSAN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE· Edited by Rabindra N Bhattacharya·Oxford· New Delhi·Rs 550
Blame it on wires
Book>> Enough, Breaking Free From the World of More by John Naish Hatchette, India Price Rs 350
In denial
Book>> Denialism, How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives by Michael Specter Penguin …
Gang leader for a day, a rogue sociologist crosses the line
Book>> Gang Leader For A Day, A Rogue Sociologist Crosses The line by Sudhir Venkatesh, Allen Lane London 2008
Why we exist
Book>> The grand design • by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow • Random House • Rs 800
Bogus science
Book>> Counterknowledge • by Damian Thompson • Norton and Norton, Rs 850
An unsung genius
Book>> The Strangest Man, the Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, the Mystic of the Atom • by Graham Farmelo • Faber and Faber, Rs 450
Ants’ point of view
Novel>> Anthill • by Edward O Wilson • Norton and Company • Indian price Rs 800
Experiments in harmony with nature
GANDHI AND HIS ASHRAMS By Mark Thomson Publisher: Popular Prakashan Price: Rs 150
From copycats to new stylists
Book>>Report>>
Next time a report on people, please!
STATE OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION 1992 Publisher: UNFPA Price: Not stated
Wanted - a second wave
THE TRUE STATE OF THE PLANET -Edited by Ronald Bailey ,The Free Prees:$15
Worth undermined
SMALL-SCALE MINING: A GLOBAL OVERVIEW Edited by Ajoy K Ghose Oxford and IBH Publishing
Technology's business
American Marriage of Business and Technology Robert Teitelman Basic Books