Albert 0. Hirschman Viking, 1987 197 pp. $18.95
classified air to identify what were considered to be dangerous, even deadly, odors. A strong whiff of "excrement, mud, ooze, and corpses provoked panic," says Corbin, particularly among finer folk. As for the stench of the poor, it merely offended the gentry, who, in their effort to create a well- scented "personalized atmosphere," supported a growing perfume industry.
Cholera epidemics during the 1830s brought home the urgency...
John Strohmeyer Adler, 1986 242 pp. $17.95
UP FROM THE ASHES: The Rise of the Steel Minimill in the United States
by Donald F. Bamett and Robert W. Crandall Brookings, 1986 135 pp. $26.95 cloth, $9.95
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for human action. He then elaborates two con- cepts of his own: "exit" and "voice." Defined as possible options linking economic and political be- havior, "exit" is the individual's ability to choose, to leave intolerable business relationships, a...
Philip J. Davis and Reuben Hersh Harcourt, 1986 321 pp. $19.95
THE BLIND WATCHMAKER: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design
Richard Dawkins Norton, 1986 332 pp. $18.95
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Mathematicians have never been popular, partly because tests in their subject are so frequently used as a social filter, a means, for example, of selecting candidates for business school. But most business courses require no knowledge of calcu- lus, and ease with the quadratic formula should b...
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THE BLIND WATCHMAKER: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design
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Mathematicians have never been popular, partly because tests in their subject are so frequently used as a social filter, a means, for example, of selecting candidates for business school. But most business courses require no knowledge of calcu- lus, and ease with the quadratic formula should...
. Stanislaw Lem. Harcourt, 1986. 285 pp. $5.95
Born in Lvov, Poland, in 1921, and edu- cated as a doctor, Lem has slowly become known to American readers through his highly philosophical science fiction. Books like Eden (1959) and Solaris (1961) are as noteworthy for their treatment of ideas (e.g., cybernetics) as for their fantastic plots and settings. Repeatedly throughout these 10 discussions of science (and other) fiction, Lem voices his low opinion of a genre that he believes is a "hopeless...
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JOHN MAYNARD Why should the life, in particular the private KEYNES:Vol. I life, of a man of ideas compel our attention? Hopes Betrayed, How are we now supposed to assess his the- 1883-1920 ories if we discover he was cruel to animals by Robert Skidelsky or never spoke to his wife? Are we the wiser Viking, for this discovery--or titillated?
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