Bøker av Peter Collins

The former head of the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, with unrivalled access to archives, tells the story of Rolls-Royce's involvement in over a hundred years of speed record attempts.

In the late 1970s the problem facing a manufacturer that wanted to continue taking part in the World Rally Championship during the next decade was that the rules were being changed. This book takes you through the reasons for the new rules and the solutions that contenders had to consider if they wanted to win rallies at World Championship level.

This book celebrates the sporting legacy behind the name Alfa Romeo, and is a unique record of every type of Alfa Romeo associated with Alfa sporting achievements from 1945 to the present.

Arguing against the idea that a moral case can be made for banning gambling in a society committed to liberal democratic values, Collins nonetheless sees a role for furthering public policy goals and mitigating the ill effects of gambling on communities as well as on gamblers themselves.

The Royal Society is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious scientific bodies, but what has it done in recent decades? Increasingly marginalised by postwar developments and the reforms of civil science in the 1960s, the Society was at risk of resting on its laurels. Instead, it found ways of exploiting its unique networks of scientific talent to promote science. Creating opportunities for outstanding individuals to establish and advance research careers, influencing policymaking at national and international levels, and engaging with the public outside the world of professional science, the Society gave fresh expression to the values that had shaped its long history. Through unparalleled access to the Society's modern archives and other archival sources, interviews with key individuals and extensive inside knowledge, Peter Collins shows how the Society addressed the challenges posed by the astounding growth of science and by escalating interactions between science and daily life.

To what extent is religion inherently textual? What might the term 'textual' mean in relation to religious faith and practice? Addressing these questions, this book aims to disclose the various ways in which meaning can be read of sacred writing and from discourses such as the body, the built and natural environment, drama and ritual.