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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454522403321

Titolo

Science as a gateway to understanding [[electronic resource] ] : international workshop proceedings, Tehran, Iran / / Glenn Schweitzer and Yousef Sobouti, editors ; Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development, Security, and Cooperation, Policy and Global Affairs ; National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2008

ISBN

0-309-12880-3

9786611972790

1-281-97279-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchweitzerGlenn E. <1930->

SoboutiYousef

Disciplina

507.1

Soggetti

Science - Study and teaching

Science - International cooperation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Words of Welcome""; ""1 Where Does Science Go?""; ""2 Scientists and Truth""; ""3 The Innovation Ecology""; ""4 Wisdom: the Best Gateway to Understanding""; ""5 Interacademy Cooperation: An Approach to Understanding""; ""6 Understanding Others, the Science Way""; ""7 Loving and Sharing Science: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes""; ""8 Successes in Building International Bridges through Science""; ""9 The Universality of Science: Examples from History""; ""10 The Role of International Scientific Organizations""; ""11 Science and Culture""

""12 A Half Century of Successes and Problems in U.S.-Iranian Cooperation in Science, Engineering, and Medicine""""13 Opportunities for International Collaboration in Earthquake System Science""; ""14 Science, Technology, and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy: Prospects for Cooperation""; ""15 Summary of Open Forum""; ""16 Closing Remarks""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B:



Workshop Participants""