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Science As a Gateway to Understanding : International Workshop Proceedings, Tehran, Iran.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (183 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780309128803
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Science As a Gateway to UnderstandingLOC classification:
  • Q181 .S35 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Words of Welcome -- 1 Where Does Science Go? -- 2 Scientists and Truth -- 3 The Innovation Ecology -- 4 Wisdom: the Best Gateway to Understanding -- 5 Interacademy Cooperation: An Approach to Understanding -- 6 Understanding Others, the Science Way -- 7 Loving and Sharing Science: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes -- 8 Successes in Building International Bridges through Science -- 9 The Universality of Science: Examples from History -- 10 The Role of International Scientific Organizations -- 11 Science and Culture -- 12 A Half Century of Successes and Problems in U.S.-Iranian Cooperation in Science, Engineering, and Medicine -- 13 Opportunities for International Collaboration in Earthquake System Science -- 14 Science, Technology, and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy: Prospects for Cooperation -- 15 Summary of Open Forum -- 16 Closing Remarks -- Appendix A: Workshop Agenda -- Appendix B: Workshop Participants.
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Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Words of Welcome -- 1 Where Does Science Go? -- 2 Scientists and Truth -- 3 The Innovation Ecology -- 4 Wisdom: the Best Gateway to Understanding -- 5 Interacademy Cooperation: An Approach to Understanding -- 6 Understanding Others, the Science Way -- 7 Loving and Sharing Science: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes -- 8 Successes in Building International Bridges through Science -- 9 The Universality of Science: Examples from History -- 10 The Role of International Scientific Organizations -- 11 Science and Culture -- 12 A Half Century of Successes and Problems in U.S.-Iranian Cooperation in Science, Engineering, and Medicine -- 13 Opportunities for International Collaboration in Earthquake System Science -- 14 Science, Technology, and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy: Prospects for Cooperation -- 15 Summary of Open Forum -- 16 Closing Remarks -- Appendix A: Workshop Agenda -- Appendix B: Workshop Participants.

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