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Well known among his contemporaries for his unrivalled knowledge of aberrant plants, Daniel Oliver (1830-1916) ran the herbarium at Kew Gardens and held the chair of botany at University College London, for which he was recommended by Charles Darwin. Although Oliver never visited India, his expertise in Indian botany grew considerably after he...

Drawing together insights from media studies, sociology and science and technology studies, this book is one of the first major studies of media coverage, policy debates and public perceptions of nanotechnologies, and makes a fascinating and timely contribution to debates about the public communication of science....

Strategies for gradually affecting social change are often dismissed as too accommodating of the status quo. Ann-Marie E. Szymanski challenges this assumption, arguing that moderation is sometimes the most effective way to achieve change. 'Pathways to Prohibition' examines the strategic choices of social movements through a focus on the fates of...

As our lives accelerate to keep pace with todays frantic world, the possibility of truly arriving at a destination grows in importance. Hotel rooms represent one such destination where the boundary between journey and arrival, movement and stillness is most tangible. Interior designers are faced with the challenge of creating rooms that allow an...

Moomin and the Little Ghost is a brand new Moomin picture book! The Moomin Family are relaxing on holiday; with the exception of Moomin. Every night he is being visited by a little ghost and Moomin is getting more and more scared by him. His friends and family don't know what to do to help him. Then one night, Moomin's beloved friend - Snorkmaiden,...

This book uncovers one of the most interesting architectural trends of recent times: the remodelling of under-utilised spaces at the tops of buildings. These projects reveal the infinite ingenuity of architects and designers, while if we look beyond their architectural value to the overcrowded nature of large cities, the use given to these areas...