Day: April 4, 2015

Author: Per Becker Publisher: Elsevier – 295 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram In this book the author Per Becker explores approaches to sustainable development because there is increasing risk to our environment that puts the quality of our lives and even our very survival in the future in question. He writes: “ the increasing complexity and dynamic character of our world demand conceptual and practical approaches to sustainable development that help us to grasp and manage uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity, and dynamic change.” His book is broadly divided into three areas that define the state of our world, what...

Authors: Enda Murphy and Eoin A. King Publisher: Elsevier – Science – 268 pages Book Review by: Venkat Subramaniam Most of us treat noise as an unavoidable annoyance of modern life, but the authors of this book Enda Murphy and Eoin King, point out that it has been documented that prolonged exposure to noise leads to: Hearing impairment Cognitive difficulties Sleep deprivation Cardiovascular diseases They also write that clear links have been established between exposure to noise and health effects. The World Health Organization recently estimated that more than one million healthy life years are lost each year from...