International Seminars on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies 46th Session
The Role of Science in the Third Millennium
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Nuclear Energy, Science, Physics, General Physics
| Author: | R Ragaini | ISBN: | 9789814623452 |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Company | Publication: | July 7, 2014 |
| Imprint: | WSPC | Language: | English |
| Author: | R Ragaini |
| ISBN: | 9789814623452 |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Company |
| Publication: | July 7, 2014 |
| Imprint: | WSPC |
| Language: | English |
Proceedings of the 46th Session of the International Seminars on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies held in Erice, Sicily. This Seminar has again gathered, in 2013, over 100 scientists from 43 countries in an interdisciplinary effort that has been going on for the last 32 years, to examine and analyze planetary problems which had been followed up, all year long, by the World Federation of Scientists' Permanent Monitoring Panels.
Contents:
- Why Science is Needed for the Culture of the Third Millennium
- Nuclear Power Safety and Development
- Pollution and Water
- Climate and the Limits of Geoengineering
- Mitigation of Megaterrorism and Hybrid Threats
- Pollution Innovative Cleanup Technologies
- Information Security Round Table
- Energy — Key to the Evolution of Cities
- Energy as a Planetary Emergency
- Aids and Infectious Diseases
- PMP Reports and Conclusions
- Conclusions
- Seminar Participants
Readership: Scientists in all fields, universities and institutes in all fields of science — politicians and decision makers — ministries of science, interior and security, foreign affairs — international organisations.
Key Features:
- Freely-expressed scientific point of views on the most important contemporary and future emergencies facing humanity
Proceedings of the 46th Session of the International Seminars on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies held in Erice, Sicily. This Seminar has again gathered, in 2013, over 100 scientists from 43 countries in an interdisciplinary effort that has been going on for the last 32 years, to examine and analyze planetary problems which had been followed up, all year long, by the World Federation of Scientists' Permanent Monitoring Panels.
Contents:
- Why Science is Needed for the Culture of the Third Millennium
- Nuclear Power Safety and Development
- Pollution and Water
- Climate and the Limits of Geoengineering
- Mitigation of Megaterrorism and Hybrid Threats
- Pollution Innovative Cleanup Technologies
- Information Security Round Table
- Energy — Key to the Evolution of Cities
- Energy as a Planetary Emergency
- Aids and Infectious Diseases
- PMP Reports and Conclusions
- Conclusions
- Seminar Participants
Readership: Scientists in all fields, universities and institutes in all fields of science — politicians and decision makers — ministries of science, interior and security, foreign affairs — international organisations.
Key Features:
- Freely-expressed scientific point of views on the most important contemporary and future emergencies facing humanity
