Search Results: SCIENCE / Environmental Science from William Robertson

London: Belhaven Press , 1989. Paperback. Very Good. Very Good/-. Issues surrounding the siting and disposal of nuclear waste in Britain. Size, 22 x 14.5cm, 207 pages, illustrated with figures and tables. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings. Illustrated and laminated card covers showing faint vertical crease in front, otherwise in good condition. Internally, very good: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings.

London: Mitchell Beazley , 1988. Paperback. Fine. An important compilation of six major essays and some 400 articles by influencial scientists and writers on environmental themes. The essays are, Man and the Natural Order, by Donald Worster & Jack E.Meyerhoff; The Politics of Food Aid, by Lloyd Timberlake; Nuclear Energy After Chernobyl, by Peter Bunyard; Man and Gaia, by James Lovelock; Acid Rain and Forest Decline, by Don Hinrichsen; and, Water Fit to Drink?, by Armin Maywald, Uwe Lahl and Barbara Zeschmar-Lahl. The authorative text is complemented by over 90 photographs and diagrams, dramatically depicting the vital problems that confront the world. Size, 23 x 16cm, 240 pages, illustrated throughout with b&w photos, maps, charts and diagrams. Pictorial laminated card covers in Fine condition. Internally Fine: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. Looks, feels and smells like new.

London: Academic Press , 1974. First UK edition. Paperback. Good +. Comprehensive study of how the extraction of the sources of energy, and the methods of harnessing and utilizing energy, can adversely effect the ecology and environment of our world. Provides insights into how physicists and engineers approach problems, and challenges the reader to estimate environmental effects of courses of action based on information given in the text. A scholarly yet readable approach to pollution issues. Size, 27.5 x 20.5cm, 353 pages, preface, worksheets, technical notes, illustrated with b&w photos, graphs, charts and sketches. Pictorial card covers, showing some light shelf wear to edges and signature inside front cover, otherwise better than Good. Internally, Good+: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings.