Most Popular Books by Peter John

The authors explore three key areas of behavioral science, the relationship between man and work, the present thinking about group behavior and the systems approach to viewing organizations. Specific industry uses of behavioral science are illustrated in the final chapters.

"In the wake of a flood of new data and images from several exploratory missions, fascination with Mars has become even more intense than it was when Percival Lowell believed he had observed canals constructed by live Martians. While we know that these never existed, we do have evidence that Mars once had rivers, shallow lakes, glaciers, huge active volcanoes, and intense flooding. In this book Peter Cattermole, a geologist who has been studying the planet for many years, captures the sense of continuing excitement about Mars and its history. He builds his story on the foundations of his earlier book, Mars: The Story of the Red Planet (Chapman Hall, 1992). An immense amount of visual, geochemical, and physical data concerning the rocks, landscape, and weather is now available. The new book draws on this wealth of new information, providing a clear account of current scientific understanding of the Red Planet."--From publisher''s description.

Economic research monograph on the economic theory and measurement of intra-industry trade, simultaneous export and import in differentiated industrial products or substitute products by the same industry - measures such trade for major developed countries by industries, time periods and different levels of statistical aggregation, includes economic models and discusses implications of trade liberalization, free trade and various trade policies. Bibliography pp. 193 to 199, references and statistical tables.

"This briefing paper provides a concise summary of some of the key issues surrounding the biodegradability of plastics in the oceans. It explores whether the adoption of biodegradable plastics will reduce the impact of marine plastics overall. The paper also addresses the lack of public knowledge about biodegradable plastics. Moreover, it the raises concern over the labeling of products as ''biodegradable'' as it may result in more littering behaviors due to a perceived technical fix that removes responsibility from individuals"--Publisher''s description.

How can governments persuade their citizens to act in socially beneficial ways? This ground-breaking book builds on the idea of ''light touch interventions'' or ''nudges'' proposed in Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein''s highly influential Nudge (2008). While recognising the power of this approach, it argues that an alternative also needs to be considered: a ''think'' strategy that calls on citizens to decide their own priorities as part of a process of civic and democratic renewal. As well as setting out these divergent approaches in theory, the book provides evidence from a number of experiments to show how using ''nudge'' or ''think'' techniques works in practice. Updated and rewritten, this second edition features a new epilogue that reflects on recent developments in nudge theory and practice, introducing a radical version of nudge, ''nudge plus''. There is also a substantial prologue by Cass Sunstein.

Gives a description of pattern analysis and explains how to apply it in an ecological context. The book aims to cover the various techniques of pattern analysis themselves, types of data for which they are suitable, the problems likely to be faced, and the best strategies to adopt.