A Parliament of Science : Science for the 21st Century.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (182 pages)
Intro -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
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Science -- Forecasting. Technological forecasting. Twenty-first century -- Forecasts.