Car Trouble

by Steve Nadis, James J. MacKenzie (Editor)

Car Trouble traces the fascinating social history of a 70-year love affair with the automobile that is beginning to go sour. Gridlock and traffic snarls are becoming facts of American life. This guide provides a tour of the best in new-car technologies, explains why Detroit won't innovate, and spells out the policies needed to move to cleaner, better cars.

224 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1993

About the author

Steve Nadis is a Contributing Editor to Astronomy Magazine. He has published articles in Nature, Science, Scientific American, New Scientist, Sky&Telescope, The Atlantic Monthly, and other journals. He has written or contributed to more than two dozen books. A former staff researcher for the Union of Concerned Scientists, Nadis has also been a research fellow at MIT and a consultant to the World Resources Institute, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and WGBH/NOVA. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.