Bøger af Andrew Ross

Beyond the traditional two-dimensional analyses of defense economics and defense politics lies a rapidly growing field of research: the political economy of defense.

Amber is a remarkable substance that originates from the resin of trees that lived millions of years ago. This book provides an overview of this prehistoric substance and its fossilized inclusions. It explains how amber is formed, where it is found and how to distinguish genuine amber from fakes.

Who speaks for science in a technologically dominated society? In his latest work of cultural criticism Andrew Ross contends that this question yields no simple or easy answer. In our present technoculture a wide variety of people, both inside and outside the scientific community, have become increasingly vocal in exercising their right to speak about, on behalf of, and often against, science and technology.Arguing that science can only ever be understood as a social artifact, Strange Weather is a manifesto which calls on cultural critics to abandon their technophobia and contribute to the debates which shape our future. Each chapter focuses on an idea, a practice or community that has established an influential presence in our culture: New Age, computer hacking, cyberpunk, futurology, and global warming.In a book brimming over with intelligence—both human and electronic—Ross examines the state of scientific countercultures in an age when the development of advanced information technologies coexists uneasily with ecological warnings about the perils of unchecked growth. Intended as a contribution to a ¿green¿ cultural criticism, Strange Weather is a provocative investigation of the ways in which science is shaping the popular imagination of today, and delimiting the possibilities of tomorrow.

While the Internet bubble has burst, the New Economy that the Internet produced is still with us, along with the myth of a workplace built around more humane notions of how people work and spend their days in offices. This is a study of New Economy workplaces in their heyday.

The design and construction of building projects is a complex and demanding process. It involves a variety of disciplines, including architecture, quantity surveying, engineering and construction management.

This study tells the story of the chasm between the glamour of the catwalk and the squalor of the sweatshop.