Research Catalog

Title

Israel in the world : changing lives through innovation / Helen Davis & Douglas Davis.

Author

Davis, Helen

Publication

London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005.

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Additional Authors

• Davis, Douglas
• Davis, Douglas (Cellist)

Description

227 p. : col. ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

From agriculture to medicine, Israel stands right at the forefront of technological development. Learn about the country's many achievements and breakthoughs, and how it's poised to remain on the industrial cutting edge in the foreseeable future. The countless accomplishments outlined here would be dazzling, even if they hadn't emerged from a nation that didn't even exist 60 years ago: Israel created the ICQ chat facility that is now used by hundreds of millions of internet surfers each day; the technology that allows you to leave voicemail messages on a mobile phone; the medical diagnostic equipment (including magnetic resonance imaging) found in most hospitals; and the surveillance equipment that alerts security officials to suspicious activities at airports. Find out about the people who made such progress possible; the educational system that allowed these citizens, many of them recent immigrants, to reach their full potential; and how Israel uses its knowledge for the well-being of the world.

Subject

• Technology
• Social Conditions
• Diffusion of Innovation
• Quality of Life
• Human capital > Israel
• Israel
• Israel > Economic conditions
• Israel > Economic policy
• Israel > Foreign economic relations

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Medicine -- Science & Technology -- Agriculture -- Society -- Outreach.

ISBN

0297844091 (hbk.)

OCLC

• 57005623
• SCSB-10531061

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library