| Description |
300 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
A Spectrum book
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Spectrum book.
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| Note |
"This book is an abridgment of Environment and society in transition." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Contents |
1. Status of the sciences: Recent advancements in astronomy and space sciences / A.G.W. Cameron -- A physicist looks at geographical and environmental problems / Serge A. Korff -- Big view / Richard W. Porter -- Environmental consequences of man's quest for food / Lester R. Brown -- [1.] Biological and medical sciences: On re-doing man / Kurt Hirschhorn -- Potential of applied microbiology / Carl-Göran Hedén -- World we will live in / Jonas Salk -- Why fertility control? / Hudson Hoagland -- Control of population: numbers / John B. Calhoun -- Civilizational conditions of proliferative diseases / Julian Aleksandrowicz -- [2.] Physical sciences and engineering: Recent advances in chemical sciences / Ernst D. Bergmann -- Production and disposal of wastes: social consequences -policy implications / Jacob Feld -- Psychological adaptation in a world of programmed machines / Robert Cancro -- Recent advances in energy systems / Francis Perrin -- [3.] Anthropology, sociology, and psychology: Expansion of scientific knowledge / Derek J. de Solla Price -- Cultural relativism and premarital sex norm: research bases for moral decision / Harold T. Christensen -- On the state of psychology / Gardner Murphy -- Education: balancing conditioned response and responsible claims / Ralph W. Tyler -- Anthropology today / Margaret Mead -- [4.] Economics, political science, and law: Legal bases for securing the integrity of the Earth-space environment / Myres S. McDougal -- World production and its distribution / Josué de Castro -- From economic to socioeconomic development / Jan Tinbergen -- Policy sciences: developments and implications / Yehezkel Dror -- Timetable Project / John McHale. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
Science -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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Science -- Social aspects. |
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Social sciences -- Congresses.
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Social sciences -- Congresses. |
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Wetenschap. |
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Maatschappij. |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Albertson, Peter.
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Barnett, Margery.
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| Added Title |
Environment and society in transition. Selections
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| ISBN |
0135507154 |
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9780135507155 |
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0135507073 paperback |
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9780135507070 paperback |
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