/sci/ - Science and Mathematics

>>3748

I'm a layman and looking for anything to get me thinking about the subject. Textbooks are too expensive for me, unfortunately.

>>3752

You might try Silent Spring. It's what sparked the environmental movement.

>>3770

Isnt ddt an obsolete problem? What about current books on current problems?

>>3835

Well seriously check out that book in the image. It's a good read on the past and current situation of the world's fisheries.

>>3742

Not a book but I found it interesting that even with all the robots we send into space, we still haven't found a way to make a robot that can handle the radiation at fukushima.

http://www.reuters.tv/gOD/2016/03/11/no-end-in-sight-for-fukushima-clean-up

Thanks for all of the (few) posts guys. Reporting that I've found two cheap textbooks on ecology and they're here now. I'm also waiting for a book specifically relating to behavioural ecology.

>>3865

Which textbooks did you get?

>>3855

There are robots hardened against radiation. Tepco just didn't have any on hand for the cleanup. It's actually pretty simple to shield against radiation: light hydrogen for neutrons, alpha, and beta and lead for gamma (full spectrum). It does add some cost and weight but it protects electronics very well. Dedicated anti-radiation bots will be able to survive indefinitely.

>>3866

As I said, I had to get what was cheapest (17 yr old NEET pride) which inevitably forced me to get older editions.

Ecology: Concepts and Applications (4th Ed. Sep 2006)

Ecology: Second Edition (2011)

An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology (Fucking 1993)