Science and Public Policy
Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, Inc., 1971. 626, illus., map, figures, tables, footnotes, index, damp stains to top margin of a few pages & inside rear flyleaf & board. Some foxing to edges and inside front board. The readings in this 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. The readings are organized into six parts: the methods and nature of science, dynamics from Galileo to the Space Age, the development of atomic energy, some problems of the atomic age, exploring the population problem, and science and human affairs. Contributors include Eugene Rabinowitch, Henry Stimson, Linus Pauling, Edward Teller, Arnold Kramish, and many more. Condition: fair to good.
Keywords: Scientific Method, Public Policy, Physics, Space, Atomic Weapons, Nuclear Testing, Population Growth, Population Control, Scientific Advances
ISBN: 0379003325
[Book #54759]
Price: $45.00