Hugh Gorman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1466607 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hugh Gorman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hugh |
| FAMILY NAME | Gorman |
| SIGNATURE | GORMAN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan Technological University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Phosphorus
In Phosphorus, Jim Elser (limnologist) and Phil Haygarth (soil scientist) provide an in-depth look at phosphorus-related barriers to sustainable agriculture. The main question they address is: How can societies continue to feed the planet's human inhabitants without increasing the quantity of phosphorus flowing into aquatic ecosystems or compromising the availability of the raw material from which the bulk of this nutrient is obtained? Elser and …
Carl A. Zimring. Aluminum Upcycled
In Aluminum Upcycled, Carl A. Zimring makes the case that, regardless of the material one focuses on, successful recycling, even for material as recyclable as aluminum, depends upon one thing above all else: design that takes the process of disposal, collection, and recycling into account. This well-written book makes it clear that producers need to pay far more attention to this aspect of the equation if we are to make significant movement towar…
DDT and the American Century
Reviewed by: DDT and the American Century: Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide that Changed the World Hugh Gorman (bio) DDT and the American Century: Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide that Changed the World. By David Kinkela. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011. Pp. xiv+256. $39.95. In DDT and the American Century, David Kinkela untangles several DDT-related themes: the chemical’s role…
Our Children's Toxic Legacy
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 175 and business that evolved around the question of radio,” he argues, “was more a kind of tense fusion of interests and perspectives than it was one of a fundamental struggle between the opposite forces of public and private interest” (p. 84). Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover’s associational activities during the 1920s continued this cor porate-government cooperation in the development of commercial broa…
Our Children's Toxic Legacy
Manufacturing Brownfields
The steep hills, plush vegetation, and clean air of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, often surprise first-time visitors to the city. A century ago, industrial facilities and railroads spread like a vine through the valleys of the Ohio, Monongahela, and Allegheny Rivers, occupying whatever level land lay available. Today, Pittsburgh still thrives as an important urban center, but much of the heavy industry that previously dominated its economy has disapp…
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Manufacturing Brownfields
The steep hills, plush vegetation, and clean air of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, often surprise first-time visitors to the city. A century ago, industrial facilities and railroads spread like a vine through the valleys of the Ohio, Monongahela, and Allegheny Rivers, occupying whatever level land lay available. Today, Pittsburgh still thrives as an important urban center, but much of the heavy industry that previously dominated its economy has disapp…
Our Children's Toxic Legacy
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 175 and business that evolved around the question of radio,” he argues, “was more a kind of tense fusion of interests and perspectives than it was one of a fundamental struggle between the opposite forces of public and private interest” (p. 84). Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover’s associational activities during the 1920s continued this cor porate-government cooperation in the development of commercial broa…
Our Children's Toxic Legacy
DDT and the American Century
Reviewed by: DDT and the American Century: Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide that Changed the World Hugh Gorman (bio) DDT and the American Century: Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide that Changed the World. By David Kinkela. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011. Pp. xiv+256. $39.95. In DDT and the American Century, David Kinkela untangles several DDT-related themes: the chemical’s role…
Carl A. Zimring. Aluminum Upcycled
In Aluminum Upcycled, Carl A. Zimring makes the case that, regardless of the material one focuses on, successful recycling, even for material as recyclable as aluminum, depends upon one thing above all else: design that takes the process of disposal, collection, and recycling into account. This well-written book makes it clear that producers need to pay far more attention to this aspect of the equation if we are to make significant movement towar…
Phosphorus
In Phosphorus, Jim Elser (limnologist) and Phil Haygarth (soil scientist) provide an in-depth look at phosphorus-related barriers to sustainable agriculture. The main question they address is: How can societies continue to feed the planet's human inhabitants without increasing the quantity of phosphorus flowing into aquatic ecosystems or compromising the availability of the raw material from which the bulk of this nutrient is obtained? Elser and …
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