How green is the dollar?
WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 1992- DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT Publisher. OUP for the World Bank Price: Not stated
Tough decisions ahead
A BBC serial says strong political will is needed to ensure that energy is used efficient.
Conservation amidst political turmoil
RESTORING THE LAND: ENVIRONMENT AND CHANGE IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA Consultant Editor: Mamphela Ramphele with Chris McDowell, Jacklyn and …
Have lead, will damage
The first episode of an S&T serial on STAR Plus takes a hard look at the havoc caused by lead emissions and strategies to counter this.
Turning an old leaf
Power from plants Walt Patterson Publisher: Royal Institute of International Affairs Price: Not stated
Checking the damage
MANTHAN SE PRAVAH·VHS (PAL)·colour·30 mins· Gujarati (with English commentary)·Directed by Raju Barot·…
Fighting to break free
THE POLITICS OF ESSENTIAL DRUGS·Zaffrulla Chowdhury· Vistaar Publications, New Delhi · Price Rs 195
Beyond progress
DEPRIVING THE UNDERPRIVILEGED FOR DEVELOPMENT·Balaji Pandey·Institute for Socio- Economic Development, Bhubaneshwar·Rs 650
Himalayan plunder
PEOPLE OF THE HIMALAYAS: ECOLOGY, CULTURE, DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE· Guest Editor: K C Mahanta·Kamla Raj Publishers and Printers, New …
DNA and grey cells
Book>> GENES, CELLS AND BRAINS, THE PROMETHEAN PROMISES OF THE NEW BIOLOGY • by Hillary Rose and Steven Rose • Verso • Rs 1,550
Earthwitness
Four people from different parts of India find themsleves on the frontline of the Earth's biggest, most complex crisis—climate change
Our complex world
Book>> The quantum universe, everything that can happen can happen •Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw • Allen Lane • Rs 699
Perils of herd mentality
Book>> You are not a gadget • by Jaron Lanier • Alfred Knopf, US $16
Rock stars
Book>> Written in Stone, the Hidden Secrets of Fossils and the Story of Life on Earth • by Brian Switek • Icon Books • Rs 5,499
Debates on atom
Book>> The Age Of Entanglement, When Quantum Physics Was Reborn • by Louisa Gilder • Alfred A Knopf • Rs 650
Chimera of free speech
Book>> The offensive Internet, speech, privacy and reputation • edited by Saul Levmore and Martha Nussbaum • Harvard University …
Lost fish
Book>> Four Fish by Paul Greenberg • Penguin • Rs 450
Roots of the rut
Book>> Here on Earth: A New Beginning by Tim Flannery • Penguin • Rs 700
Is information knowledge?
Book>> The Information, A History, A Theory, A Flood • by James Gleick • Fourth Estate • Rs 599
The world of six-legged creatures
Book>> Satpada, our world of insects • by Rebecca Thomas and Geetha Iyer • Rishi Valley Education Centre • Price Not Stated
Between cup and lip
A VOICE FOR THE EXCLUDED Matthias Stiefel and Marshall Wolfe Publisher: Zed Books Ltd, London and New Jersy Price: Not stated
Dig and forget
Minerals and Ecology S P Banerjee Publisher: Oxford & 1BH Publishing Co Pvt Ltd Price: Not stated
The Sixth Extinction
THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE by Edward Wilson Publisher: Cambridge: Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press Price: $29.95
SPOTLIFGHT
Come hither ye men; come hither ye women; come one come together" is a cry often associated with Indian villages, but this one emanates from …
Greening beams
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: PERSPECTIVES OF REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM Edited by R B Singh Oxford & IBH Publishing …