Radiogenic Isotope Geology

  • Alan P. Dickin
Cambridge University Press, £29.95, $44.95

“Fills an important niche by providing an encyclopedic, research-level review of the principles, methods and applications of radiogenic isotopes in geology…a notable contribution to the scientific literature on radiogenic isotope geology”. Joel D. Blum, Nature 381, 126 126 (1996).

An Interpretive Introduction to Quantum Field Theory

  • Paul Teller
Princeton University Press, $16.95, £14.95

“This is a valuable book. Indeed, the specific interpretive proposals [Teller] makes could have an influence on hidden-variable theories…. [The] book reflects a welcome trend toward a reassessment of the notions of meaning and visualization in contemporary science”. Peter Holland, Nature 378, 454 454 (1995).

Resistance to New Technology: Nuclear Power, Information Technology and Biotechnology

Edited by:
  • Martin Bauer
Cambridge University Press, £24.95, $39.95

“Consists of papers presented at a conference at the Science Museum in London. Under the rubric of ‘resistance’, many different stories are told from many different perspectives. Some are stories of comparative diffusion; others of policies for regulating particular technologies; some of public attitudes to certain new technologies”. David Edgerton, Nature 376, 653 653 (1995).