Product Description: The Fukushima Effect offers a range of scholarly perspectives on the international effect of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown four years out from the disaster. Grounded in the field of science, technology and society (STS) studies, a leading cast of international scholars from the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the United States examine the extent and scope of the Fukushima effect...read more

Product Description: Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi is a timely and groundbreaking account of the disturbing landscape of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown amidst an earthquake and tsunami on Japan’s northeast coastline on March 11, 2011...read more

Product Description: Edging towards BioUtopia interrogates one of the most important environmental conflicts in recent science and technology history: the controversy about a proposed genetically engineered "futurenatural." In a revealing behind-the-scenes account, this book investigates the political technologies and regulatory maneuvers in Australia which aim to contain and brush aside probing public debate...read more

Product Description: The book addresses some fundamental and profound questions such as: Are GM foods safe to eat? What do consumers think about GM foods and, alternatively, organic produce? What are the real risks of genetic pollution? And is it appropriate to delete a supposed gene for sadness?  Recoding Nature challenges the assumptions of those preparing the world for a ‘recoded’ DNA future...read more

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