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  • Pain and Prejudice

    What Science Can Learn about Work from the People Who Do It

    by Karen Messing ...
    In 1978, when workers at a nearby phosphate refinery learned that the ore they processed was contaminated with radioactive dust, Karen Messing, then a new professor of molecular genetics, was called in to help. Unsure of what to do with her discovery that exposure to the radiation was harming the workers and their families, Messing contacted senior colleagues but they wouldn’t help. Neither the ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Bent out of Shape

    Shame, Solidarity, and Women's Bodies at Work

    by Karen Messing ...
    Award-winning ergonomist Karen Messing is talking with women—women who wire circuit boards, sew clothes, clean toilets, drive forklifts, care for children, serve food, run labs. What she finds is a workforce in harm’s way, choked into silence, whose physical and mental health invariably comes in second place: underestimated, underrepresented, understudied, underpaid.Should workplaces treat all ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Sick of the System

    Why the COVID-19 Recovery Must Be Revolutionary

    by James T. Brophy, nicole marie burton, John Clarke, Anita Girvan, Harry Glasbeek, Dallas Hunt, Andrew Jackson, Emma Jackson, El Jones, Margaret M. Keith, Gary Kinsman, Julie S. Lalonde, Wayne Lewchuk, Robyn Maynard, Jane E. McArthur, Alexander McClelland, Karen Messing, Justin Piché, Elaine Power, Gina Starblanket, Jamie Swift, Richard Swift, Kai Cheng Thom, Alberto Toscano, Hugh D.A. Goldring ...
    Families left grieving; small businesses shuttered; communities in lockdown; precarious workers set adrift; health care workers stressed beyond endurance. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world to its core. But the cracks already ran deep.Featuring essays on poverty, health care, incarceration, basic income, policing, Indigenous communities, and more, this anthology delivers a stinging rebuke ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Maize Kernel Development

    by Dr Brian A Larkins, Philip Becraft, Jim Birchler, Ljudmilla Borisjuk, Prem S. Chourey, Joanne Dannenhoffer, Matthew Evans, Sherry Flint-Garcia, José Gutiérrez-Marcos, Jeff Habben0, Curt Hannah1, Tracie Hennen-Bierwagen2, Gregorio Hueros3, Gwyneth Ingram4, Shawn Kaeppler5, Karen Koch6, Fangfang Ma7, Don McCarty8, Jo Messing9, Alan Meyers0, Keith Roesler1, Hardy Rolletschek2, Paolo Sabelli3, Jeff Schussler4, Bo Shen5, Bill Sheridan6, Rentao Song7, Erik Vollbrecht8, Thomas Widiez9, Yongrui Wu0, Ramin Yadegari1, Junpeng Zhan2 ...
    This is an authoritative book that acts as a guide to understanding maize kernel development. Written by a team of experts, it covers topics spanning pre- and post-fertilization events, embryo and endosperm development, grain filling and maturation, and factors influencing crop yield. It explores the significance of maize and other cereal grains, existing hypotheses and research, and important ... Read more

    $132.89 USD