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A parliament of science : science for the 21st century

Title
A parliament of science : science for the 21st century / edited by Michael Tobias, Teun Timmers, Gill Wright.
Publication
Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Tobias, Michael.
  • Timmers, Teun.
  • Wright, Gill.
Description
171 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
Annotation
Subject
  • Science > Forecasting
  • Technological forecasting
  • Twenty-first century > Forecasts
  • Twenty-first century
Genre/Form
Forecasts.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The scandal of unsustainability / Crispin Tickell -- The sixth wave of extinction / Robert May -- Protecting the biosphere / Anthony C. Janetos -- Where science and policy meet : the search for a common language / Robert Watson -- Ecology : modern science and traditional wisdom / Madhav Gadgil -- The eyes of the universe / Federico Mayor -- Hope, anxiety, and doubt : the public view of science / John Durant -- The role of the citizen / Rita R. Colwell -- Particles and poverty / Leon M. Lederman -- Only people give me hope / Julia Marton-Lefèvre -- The biology of making peace / Frans B.M. de Waal --A life devoted to peace / Joseph Rotblat -- Science for peace / Yechiel Becker -- The cry of the eight hundred million / Ismail Serageldin -- The soul of sustainability / M.S. Swaminathan -- Sharing knowledge for development / Bruce Alberts -- Let our children bridge the gap / Mohamed H.A. Hassan -- Doing science in ethics time / Margaret Somerville.
ISBN
  • 079145813X
  • 9780791458136
  • 0791458148
  • 9780791458143
LCCN
2002036480
OCLC
  • ocm50730928
  • 50730928
  • SCSB-1332330
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library