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RECORD NUMBER: 321 OF 426Main Title | Science and public policy / | |||||||||||
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Author | Young, Louise B. ; Trainor, William J. | |||||||||||
CORP Author | American Foundation for Continuing Education. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Oceana Publications, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1971 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 00138952 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0379003325; 9780379003321 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Science ; Science and state | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Science--Addresses, essays, lectures ; Science and state--Addresses, essays, lectures | |||||||||||
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Collation | 626 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Notes | Scientific method -- Examples of scientific method -- Examples of unscientific method -- Creative aspects of science -- Discovery of the laws of motion -- Space and politics -- Is it worth the price -- Development of atomic theory -- Atomic weapons -- Dangers and benefits of nuclear testing -- Hazards and potentialities of the peaceful atom -- Science and politics -- Balance between food and population -- Factors unknown to Malthus -- Science and the human dilemma -- Controlled society -- Science as power -- Science as understanding. The readings in volume are intended as an introduction to some of the fundamental ideas of contemporary science and technology, and to a few of their international political implications. "Prepared by American Foundation for Continuing Education at Syracuse University."--T.p. |