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
Report>>Are you wondering if science could lead you to the right career or is it something that is boring you to death?
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
Gateway to success
THE ROAD AHEAD Bill Gates (with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson) . Viking(UK), Viking Penguin (USA) . Price US $26.25
Down the dirt track
A BRIEF HISTORY OF POLLUTION Adam Markham . Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, 1994 Price: US $14.93
Brain versus brawn
THE RUNAWAY BRAIN· Christopher Wills·Flamingo, London·Price US $7 (paperback)
Natural economy and other myths
ECONOMICS AND ECOLOGY: NEW FRONTIERS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Edited by Edward B Barbier Publisher: Chapman and Hall Price: Not mentioned
Big bull
Elephant Days and Nights - 10 Years with the Asian Elephant Raman Sukumar Publisher: Oxford University Press Price: Rs 375
Who's afraid of Dai Qing?
YANGTZE! YANGTZE! Dai Qing Publisher: Probe International, Earthscan, London Price: L12.95
Report good, report middling
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 1994 Publisher: United Nations Development Programme and Oxford University Press Price: Rs 195
Farming by extension
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES -- AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; VOL 1, BASIC CONCEPTS AND METHODS; VOL 2, EXAMPLES AND BACKGROUND MATERIAL Publisher: Wiley …
Information highway: questions of powerdrive
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: A DIALOGUE Edited by M S Swaminathan Publisher: Macmillan India Ltd Price: Rs 320