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Science and Technology and the Future Development of Societies : International Workshop Proceedings

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In June 2006, seventeen scientists and educators selected by the National Academies, the Academy of Sciences of Iran, and the Academie des Sciences of France held a workshop at the estate of the Fondation des Treilles in Toutour, France, to discuss issues concerning the role of science in the development of modern societies. Science and Technology and the Future Development of Societies includes the presentations made at the workshop and summarizes the discussions that followed the presentations.

Topics of the workshop included science and society issues, the role of science and engineering in development; obstacles and opportunities in the application of science and technology to development; scientific thinking of decision makers; management and utilization of scientific knowledge; and science, society, and education.

This book also provides useful background for the further development of interactions of Western scientists and educators with Iranian specialists. Table of ContentsFront MatterSCIENCE AND SOCIETY ISSUES, The Role of Communications andScientific Thinking--Barbara SchaalKnowledge, Validation, and Transfer: Science, Communication, andEconomic Development--John EnderbyThe Morality of Exact Sciences--Yousef SoboutiScience and Society Issues: Summary of Discussion--Norman NeureiterTHE ROLE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IN DEVELOPMENT, Women inAcademic Science and Engineering in the United States: Challengesand Opportunities--Geraldine RichmondTrends in Basic Sciences in Contemporary Iran: Growth and Structureof Mainstream Basic Sciences--Shapour Etemad and Yousef SoboutiThe Role of Science and Engineering in Development: Summary ofDiscussion--Michael FischerOBSTACLES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE APPLICATION OF SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOPMENT, Technology for Health: Are There AnyLimits?

Economic, Ethical, and Overall SocietalImplications--Kenneth ShineAddressing Water Security: The Role of Science andTechnology--Henry VauxObstacles and Opportunities in the Application of Science andTechnology to Development: Summary of Discussion--GeraldineRichmondSCIENTIFIC THINKING OF DECISION MAKERS, How to Promote ScientificThinking Amongst Decision Makers--Alimohammad KardanMANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, The Role ofInternational Scientific and Technical Cooperation in NationalEconomic Development--Norman NeureiterThe Role of Chemistry and Biology in the Future Development ofIran--Mojtaba ShamsipurManagement and Utilization of Scientific Knowledge: Summary ofDiscussion--Henry VauxSCIENCE, SOCIETY, AND EDUCATION, About the Relation of SchoolTeachers with Science--Yves QuerePromotion of Health Education in Primary Schools--BeatriceDescamps-LatschaScience, Society, and Education: Summary of Discussion--BarbaraSchaal and Henry VauxAppendix A: Workshop AgendaAppendix B: Workshop ParticipantsAppendix C: Science, Technology, and Society - The TighteningCircle--George BugliarelloAppendix D: Current Issues on the Utilization of ScientificFindings--Hassan ZohoorAppendix E: Ethics in Engineering as a Prerequisite forTechnological Development of Societies--Mehdi Bahadori and MahmoodYaghoubiAppendix F: Science and Society--Reza Davari Ardakani

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National Academies Press
0309119278 / 9780309119276
Paperback / softback
303.483
10/08/2008
United States
142 pages
152 x 229 mm
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