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Science and society : the John C. Polanyi Nobel Laureates lectures / edited and with an introduction by Martin Moskovits.

Title
Science and society : the John C. Polanyi Nobel Laureates lectures / edited and with an introduction by Martin Moskovits.
Publication
Concord, Ont. : Anansi, 1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Moskovits, Martin
  • Polanyi, J. C., 1929-
Description
xxxiv, 133 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Nobel Prize
  • Nobel Prizes
  • Science
  • Science > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Understanding discovery / John Charles Polanyi -- The shape of molecular collisions / Dudley Robert Herschbach -- Unpredictability in science and technology / Charles Hard Townes -- Living molecules / Max Perutz -- The human genome project / James Dewey Watson -- Synthetic DNA and biology / Michael Smith -- Life as a cosmic imperative / Christian René de Duve -- Global prospects / henry Way Kendall -- Time, chaos, and the two cultures / Ilya Prigogine -- Chemistry under teh sun / George Porter.
ISBN
0887841708
LCCN
^^^96138624^
OCLC
35673738
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library