Description
During the second half of the twentieth century, great changes have occurred in the natural sciences, spawned by the leap forward in physics during the war years and the growth in understanding of earth's history and place in the cosmos. Also, with the new and terrible consequences of full-fledged war, the nuclear age has brought to the fore the ne
Table of Contents
Also of Interest -- Foreword -- Earth, Planets, and Cosmos -- Introduction -- The Early Years: Chicago and Pasadena -- Harrison Brown and the Astronomers -- The Abundances of the Elements and Some Reflections on the Cosmogony of the Solar System -- Evidence for Ring Systems Orbiting Earth in the Geologic Past -- Dimensions of the Human Predicament: Population, Resources, and Environment -- Introduction -- Harrison Brown's Role in the Manhattan Project -- Burning the Rocks Forty Years Later -- Energy and the Human Predicament -- Soil Dynamics and Sustainable Carrying Capacity of Earth -- Speculating on the Global Resource Future -- International Cooperation and the Human Future -- Introduction -- The Cooperative Imperative in Science and Technology -- Science, Technology, and Endogenous Development: Some Notes on the Objectives and the Possibilities -- Toward Institutions of Unity for the Global Commons -- International Collaborative Research: The Experience of the Resource Systems Institute
