'The AIDS Pandemic: The Collusion of Epidemiology with Political Correctness' and 'The Invisible Cure: AIDS in Africa'
Publisher: Radcliffe; Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 2007
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Information and Communication Technologies for Development and Poverty Reduction: The Potential of Communications
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: April 2006
The Knowledge Society: Trompe-l’oeil or accurate perspective?
Alexander Borda-Rodriguez says this collection will interest those working on development and knowledge initiatives — more so if they read both English and French.
Publisher: L’Harmattan Paris, France
Publication date: 2006
Race to the Finish: Identity and governance in an age of genomics
Jenny Reardon explores how a well-intentioned project to record the DNA of indigenous peoples around the planet collapsed under the weight of accusations of racism.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 2005
Climate Change and Biodiversity
Paul Colinvaux says that in the face of apathetic governments, the "intelligent system of science" may be the only resource we have against the threat that global warming is to biodiversity.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 2005
Improving Impacts of Research Partnerships
Ritu Sadana says these case studies on research collaborations help identify the key components of research for development.
Publisher: Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE)
Publication date: 2004
Poison Arrows: The amazing story of how Prozac and anaesthetics were developed from deadly jungle poison darts
The nerve poison curare revolutionised anaesthetics, but this error-filled book does not do this important scientific story justice, says John Carmody.
Publisher: Metro
Publication date: 2005
Dryland conservation and development: striking a balance
Ehsan Masood reviews a series of case studies of the fine balance between conserving biodiversity and promoting development in the world's arid regions.
Publisher: United Nations Development Programme
Publication date: 2004
Maize and Grace: Africa's Encounter with a New World Crop 1500–2000
Robert Tripp reviews a history of how a New World crop contributed to the emergence of modern-day Africa.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 2005
Inventing Global Ecology: Tracking the biodiversity ideal in India, 1947–1997
Deepak Apte reviews a 50-year history of conservation of biodiversity in India, and finds that the text is academic but also eloquently written and forthright in opinion.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication date: 2004
Venomous Earth: The World's Worst Mass Poisoning
Roger P. Smith reviews a book that catalogues the history of arsenic, in particular its role in contaminating drinking water in Bangladesh.
Publisher: Macmillan Science
Publication date: 2005
Plants and Empire: Colonial Bioprospecting in the Atlantic world
Stuart McCook reviews a book describing the incorporation of traditional medicines from the Caribbean into European medicines in the 18th century.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 2004
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Jared Diamond's latest book looks at the factors that lead to the collapse of societies, underlining the central role of environmental decay.
Publisher: Viking/Allen Land
Publication date: 2005
Double Standards in Medical Research in Developing Countries
Udo Schuklenk reviews a book that analyses, from different perspectives, standards of care that those in the developed world need to adopt when undertaking research in the developing world.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2004
Strong Medicine: Creating Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research on Neglected Diseases
Pierre Chirac reviews a book that looks for ways of boosting research and development for diseases that primarily affect developing countries.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 2004
Farmer’s Bounty: Locating Crop Diversity in the Contemporary World
Stuart Pimm reviews a book that discusses biodiversity in relation to human activities including agricultural distribution, patenting and preservation.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 2004
The Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China
Crispin Tickell reviews a book that illustrates the transformation of China's environment, from 4,000 years ago to the end of pre-industrial times.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 2004
The New Global Threat: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and its Impacts
Richard Kirk reviews a collection of essays by doctors, academics and clinicians, which looks at the factors that allowed SARS to spread between species and countries.
Publisher: World Scientific
Publication date: 2004
Our Affair with El Niño: How We Transformed an Enchanting Peruvian Current into a Global Climate Hazard
Michael J. McPhaden reviews a book that elegantly describes the science behind El Niño, and the ways its profound impacts on climate have captured public attention.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 2004
Climate Change and Human Health: Risks and Responses
Cathy Read reviews a World Health Organisation book that examines the ways that climate change could impact human health, especially in poor countries.
Publisher: Earthscan
Publication date: 2004
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