Authors:Jeanne X. Kasperson, Roger E. Kasperson,
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Keywords: risk, social, earthscan, society, amplification, series, publics, contours, volume, communication
Number of Pages: 356
Published: 2005-05
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1844070735
ISBN-13: 9781844070732

We live in a ‘risk society’ where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence.Jeanne and Roger Kasperson are two of the world’s leading and most influential analysts of the social dimensions of risk. "The Social Contours of Risk" brings together in two volumes their most important contributions to this fundamental and wide-ranging field.Volume 1 collects their fundamental work on how risks are communicated among different publics and stakeholders, including local c

Authors:Jeanne X. Kasperson, Roger E. Kasperson,
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Keywords: risk, earthscan, society, globalization, series, analysis, contours, volume, social, corporations
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2005-06
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1844071758
ISBN-13: 9781844071753

We live in a ‘risk society’ where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence.Jeanne and Roger Kasperson are two of the world’s leading and most influential analysts of the social dimensions of risk. ‘The Social Contours of Risk’ brings together in two volumes their most important contributions to this fundamental and wide-ranging field.Volume 2 centers on the analysis and management of risk in society, in international business and multinationals, and globally

Authors:Nick Pidgeon, Roger E. Kasperson, Paul Slovic,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: risk, amplification, social
Number of Pages: 468
Published: 2003-08-18
List price: $36.99
ISBN-10: 0521520444
ISBN-13: 9780521520447

Edited by three well-known analysts of risk and its communication, this volume brings together contributions from a group of international experts in risk perception and risk communication. Key conceptual issues are discussed as well as a range of recent case studies that span BSE and food safety, AIDS/HIV, nuclear power, child protection, Y2K, electromagnetic fields, and waste incineration. The volume also draws attention to issues in public policy, risk management and risk communication practice.

Authors:Jeanne C. Adams, Walter S. Brainerd, Jeanne T. Marti
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: computation, engineering, scientific, handbook, fortran
Number of Pages: 723
Published: 1997-09-25
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0262510960
ISBN-13: 9780262510967

The Fortran 95 Handbook, a comprehensive reference work for the Fortran programmer and implementor, contains a complete description of the Fortran 95 programming language. The chapters follow the same sequence of topics as the Fortran 95 standard, but contain a more thorough and informal explanation of the language’s features and many more examples. Appendices describe all the intrinsic features, the deprecated features, and the complete syntax of the language. The Handbook also includs a feature not found in the standard: a cross reference of all the syntax terms, giving the rul

Authors:Jeanne Fahnestock, Marie Secor, Jeanne Fahnestock, Ma
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Keywords: reader, text, argument, rhetoric
Number of Pages: 584
Published: 2003-08-06
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0072938234
ISBN-13: 9780072938234

When it was first published in 1982, A Rhetoric of Argument developed a ground-breaking new approach to teaching argument. The stasis approach pioneered by Fahnestock and Secor distinguished among the four basic questions that arguments are written to answer: What is it? (Definition arguments) How did it get that way? (Causal arguments) Is it good or bad? (Evaluation arguments) What should we do about it? (Proposal arguments) These four questions, now standard in many argument texts, give students a constructive, engaging way to analyze arguments by other writers and to construc

Authors:Jeanne Fuchs, Jeanne Fuchs; Ruth Prigozy,
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Keywords: legend, music, man, sinatra, frank
Number of Pages: 165
Published: 2007-06-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1580462510
ISBN-13: 9781580462518

For nearly sixty years, Frank Sinatra (1915-98) triumphed in concert, in the recording studio, on television, and on the big screen, refashioning his image to suit the temper of the times. Sinatra did it "his way," remaining both elusive and alluring, and appealing to men and women alike. This collection analyzes the qualities that ensured Sinatra’s staying power: his impeccable musicality, his charisma, his tough-mindedness, and even his peccadilloes. The contributors to this volume evaluate Sinatra’s impact on all areas of entertainment, and examine many of the cultural forces h

Authors:Jeanne Fahnestock, Marie Secor, Jeanne Fahnestock, Ma
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Keywords: brief, argument, rhetoric
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 2003-08-07
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0072938226
ISBN-13: 9780072938227

The stasis approach pioneered by Fahnestock and Secor distinguishes among four basic questions that arguments are written to answer: What is it? (Definition arguments) How did it get that way? (Causal arguments) Is it good or bad? (Evaluation arguments) What should we do about it? (Proposal arguments) These four questions, now standard in many argument texts, give students a constructive, engaging way to analyze arguments by other writers and to construct their own arguments.