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Review Of "Nano-Hype: The Truth Behind The Nanotechnology Buzz", Michele L. Mekel Sep 2006

Review Of "Nano-Hype: The Truth Behind The Nanotechnology Buzz", Michele L. Mekel

Michele L Mekel

The hype - both positive and negative - surrounding nanotechnology dwarfs its industry and its present panoply of products. No pun is intended by this statement, nor is it meant as a slight to the field. This phenomenon of nanotechnology hype is laid out in clever prose and in well-footnoted detail by David Berube, professor of communication studies in the Department of English at the University of South Carolina, in his book, "Nano-hype: The Truth Behind the Nanotechnology Buzz."


Building The Emotionally Learned Negotiator, Erin Ryan Jan 2006

Building The Emotionally Learned Negotiator, Erin Ryan

Erin Ryan

This essay reviews three recent books on the significance of emotion in negotiation and dispute resolution (Fisher & Shapiro: BEYOND REASON: USING EMOTIONS AS YOU NEGOTIATE; Peter Ladd: MEDIATION, CONCILIATION AND EMOTION: A PRACTITIONER’S GUIDE FOR UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION; and Lacey Smith: GET IT! STREET-SMART NEGOTIATION AT WORK: HOW EMOTIONS GET YOU WHAT YOU WANT), situating each work within a theory of practice for emotionally learned negotiators. After discussing the how the appearance of emotional sterility became synonymous with “professionalism” (and the toll this has taken on professional interaction), the piece sets forth a functional theory of emotion …