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1 online resource (vii, 171 pages :) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 163) and index. |
Contents |
""A Parliament of Science""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Michael Tobias: Introduction""; ""I. Biosphere, Ecology, and Sustainability""; ""Crispin Tickell: The Scandal of Unsustainability""; ""Robert May: The Sixth Wave of Extinction""; ""Anthony C. Janetos: Protecting the Biosphere""; ""Robert Watson: Where Science and Policy Meet: The Search for a Common Language""; ""Madhav Gadgil: Ecology: Modern Science and Traditional Wisdom""; ""II. Science, Policy, and the Public""; ""Federico Mayor: The Eyes of the Universe"" |
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""John Durant: Hope, Anxiety, and Doubt: The Public View of Science""""Rita R. Colwell: The Role of the Citizen""; ""Leon M. Lederman: Particles and Poverty""; ""Julia Marton-Lefevre: Only People Give Me Hope""; ""III. Science and Peace""; ""Frans B. M. Dewaal: The Biology of Making Peace""; ""Joseph Rotblat: A Life Devoted to Peace""; ""Yechiel Becker: Science for Peace""; ""IV. Science for the Twenty-first Century""; ""Ismail Serageldin: The Cry of the Eight Hundred Million""; ""M. S. Swaminathan: The Soul of Sustainability""; ""Bruce Alberts: Sharing Knowledge for Development"" |
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""Mohamed H. A. Hassan: Let Our Children Bridge the Gap""""Margaret Somerville: Doing Science in Ethics Time""; ""Bibliography""; ""About the Editors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z"" |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Science -- Forecasting.
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Science -- Forecasting. |
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Technological forecasting.
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Technological forecasting. |
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Twenty-first century -- Forecasts.
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Twenty-first century -- Forecasts. |
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Electronic books.
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Forecasts.
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Tobias, Michael.
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Timmers, Teun.
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Wright, Gill.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Parliament of science. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003 (DLC) 2002036480 |
ISBN |
9780791486481 (electronic book) |
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0791486486 (electronic book) |
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079145813X (acid-free paper) |
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0791458148 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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9780791458136 |
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