Screen LibraryA parliament of science：science for the 21st century
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
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| Published: |
State University of New York Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Albany |
| Publication Dates: | c2003. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 171 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
079145813X (acid-free paper) 0791458148 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
| Index Number: | N |
| CLC: | N-103 |
| Call Number: | N-103/P252 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. 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-Lef·Øevre -- 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. |