Hakutulokset: Sarja the earthscan science in society series
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Animals as Biotechnology
In Animals as Biotechnology sociologist Richard Twine places the question of human/animal relations at the heart of sustainability and climate change debates. The book is shaped by …
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology - technology at the molecular level - is held out by many as the Holy Grail for creating a trillion dollar economy and solving problems from curing cancer to …
The Hartwell Approach to Climate Policy
The Hartwell Approach to Climate Policy presents a powerful critique of mainstream climate change policies and details a set of pragmatic alternatives based on the Hartwell Group’s …
International Science and Technology Education
Education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is crucial for taking advantage of the prospects of new scientific discoveries initiating or promoting …
Science and Public Reason
This essay collection explores how democratic governments construct public reason—that is, the forms of evidence and argument used in making state decisions accountable to …
Joint Fact-Finding in Urban Planning and Environmental Disputes
The days of rationalist scientific management and deference to official data are behind us. The credibility of experts and the information they provide are regularly challenged; …
Unnatural Selection
With ever-advancing scientific understanding and technological capabilities, humanity stands on the brink of the potential next stage of evolution: evolution engineered by us. …
Democratizing Technology
Democratizing Technology provides a much-needed fresh perspective on the regulation of chemicals, and an important contribution to green thinking about technology.Caroline Lucas, …
Rethinking Greenland and the Arctic in the Era of Climate Change
This ground-breaking book investigates how Arctic indigenous communities deal with the challenges of climate change and how they strive to develop self-determination. Adopting an …
Systems Thinking for Geoengineering Policy
Even by the scientists most closely associated with it, geoengineering – the deliberate intervention in the climate at global scale to mitigate the effects of climate change – is …
Geoengineering our Climate?
If the detrimental impacts of human-induced climate change continue to mount, technologies for geoengineering our climate – i.e. deliberate modifying of the Earth's climate system …
Dynamics of Disaster
Disasters are the result of complex interactions between social and natural forces, acting at multiple scales from the individual and community to the organisational, national and …