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A parliament of science [[electronic resource] ] : science for the 21st century / / edited by Michael Tobias, Teun Timmers, Gill Wright
| A parliament of science [[electronic resource] ] : science for the 21st century / / edited by Michael Tobias, Teun Timmers, Gill Wright |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (180 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/3/0905 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
TobiasMichael
TimmersTeun WrightGill |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Forecasting
Technological forecasting Twenty-first century |
| ISBN | 0-7914-8648-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""A Parliament of Science""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Michael Tobias: Introduction""; ""I. Biosphere, Ecology, and Sustainability""; ""Crispin Tickell: The Scandal of Unsustainability""; ""Robert May: The Sixth Wave of Extinction""; ""Anthony C. Janetos: Protecting the Biosphere""; ""Robert Watson: Where Science and Policy Meet: The Search for a Common Language""; ""Madhav Gadgil: Ecology: Modern Science and Traditional Wisdom""; ""II. Science, Policy, and the Public""; ""Federico Mayor: The Eyes of the Universe""
""John Durant: Hope, Anxiety, and Doubt: The Public View of Science""""Rita R. Colwell: The Role of the Citizen""; ""Leon M. Lederman: Particles and Poverty""; ""Julia Marton-Lefevre: Only People Give Me Hope""; ""III. Science and Peace""; ""Frans B. M. Dewaal: The Biology of Making Peace""; ""Joseph Rotblat: A Life Devoted to Peace""; ""Yechiel Becker: Science for Peace""; ""IV. Science for the Twenty-first Century""; ""Ismail Serageldin: The Cry of the Eight Hundred Million""; ""M. S. Swaminathan: The Soul of Sustainability""; ""Bruce Alberts: Sharing Knowledge for Development"" ""Mohamed H. A. Hassan: Let Our Children Bridge the Gap""""Margaret Somerville: Doing Science in Ethics Time""; ""Bibliography""; ""About the Editors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785515903321 |
| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A parliament of science : science for the 21st century / / edited by Michael Tobias, Teun Timmers, Gill Wright
| A parliament of science : science for the 21st century / / edited by Michael Tobias, Teun Timmers, Gill Wright |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (180 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.48/3/0905 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
TobiasMichael
TimmersTeun WrightGill |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Forecasting
Technological forecasting Twenty-first century |
| ISBN | 0-7914-8648-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""A Parliament of Science""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Michael Tobias: Introduction""; ""I. Biosphere, Ecology, and Sustainability""; ""Crispin Tickell: The Scandal of Unsustainability""; ""Robert May: The Sixth Wave of Extinction""; ""Anthony C. Janetos: Protecting the Biosphere""; ""Robert Watson: Where Science and Policy Meet: The Search for a Common Language""; ""Madhav Gadgil: Ecology: Modern Science and Traditional Wisdom""; ""II. Science, Policy, and the Public""; ""Federico Mayor: The Eyes of the Universe""
""John Durant: Hope, Anxiety, and Doubt: The Public View of Science""""Rita R. Colwell: The Role of the Citizen""; ""Leon M. Lederman: Particles and Poverty""; ""Julia Marton-Lefevre: Only People Give Me Hope""; ""III. Science and Peace""; ""Frans B. M. Dewaal: The Biology of Making Peace""; ""Joseph Rotblat: A Life Devoted to Peace""; ""Yechiel Becker: Science for Peace""; ""IV. Science for the Twenty-first Century""; ""Ismail Serageldin: The Cry of the Eight Hundred Million""; ""M. S. Swaminathan: The Soul of Sustainability""; ""Bruce Alberts: Sharing Knowledge for Development"" ""Mohamed H. A. Hassan: Let Our Children Bridge the Gap""""Margaret Somerville: Doing Science in Ethics Time""; ""Bibliography""; ""About the Editors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816711103321 |
| Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Predictability and nonlinear modelling in natural sciences and economics / / edited by J. Grasman and G. van Straten
| Predictability and nonlinear modelling in natural sciences and economics / / edited by J. Grasman and G. van Straten |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 1994.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht ; ; Boston, : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1994 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (IX, 653 p.) |
| Disciplina | 003 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GrasmanJohan
StratenG. van <1946-> (Gerrit van) |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Methodology
Science - Forecasting Science - Mathematical models Economic forecasting Economics - Mathematical models |
| ISBN | 94-011-0962-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Geophysics -- Karl Popper and the accountability of scientific models -- Evaluation of forecasts -- The Liouville equation and prediction of forecast skill -- An improved formula to describe error growth in meteorological models -- Searching for periodic motions in long-time series -- Comparison study of the response of the climate system to major volcanic eruptions and el nino events -- Detection of a pertubed equator-pole temperature gradient in a spectral model of the atmospheric circulation -- A simple two-dimensional climate model with ocean and atmosphere coupling -- Climate modelling at different scales of space -- 2. Agriculture -- Simulation of effects of climatic change on cauliflower production -- Validation of large scale process-oriented models for managing natural resource populations: a case study -- Uncertainty of predictions in supervised pest control in winter wheat, its price and its causes -- The implications and importance of non-linear responses in modelling the growth and development of wheat -- Growth curve analysis of sedentary plant parasitic nematodes in relation to plant resistance and tolerance -- 3. Population Biology -- Using chaos to understand biological dynamics -- Qualitative analysis of unpredictability: a case study from childhood epidemics -- Control and prediction in seasonally driven population models -- Simple theoretical models and population predictions -- Individual based population modelling -- Ecological systems are not dynamical systems: some consequences of individual variability -- Spatio-temporal organization mediated by hierarchy in time scales in ensembles of predator-prey pairs -- Continental expansion of plant disease: a survey of some recent results -- Modelling of fish behavior -- 4. Systems sciences -- Understanding uncertain environmental systems -- System identification by approximate realization -- Sensitivity analysis versus uncertainty analysis: when to use what? -- Monte Carlo estimation of uncertainty contributions from several independent multivariate sources -- Assessing sensitivities and uncertainties in models: a critical evaluation -- UNCSAM: a software tool for sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of mathematical models -- Set-membership identification of nonlinear conceptual models -- Parameter sensitivity and the quality of model predictions -- Towards a metrics for simulation model validation -- Use of a Fourier decomposition technique in aquatic ecosystems modelling -- Multiobjective inverse problems with ecological and economical motivations -- An expert-opinion approach to the prediction problem in complex systems -- 5. Environmental Sciences -- Critical loads and a dynamic assessment of ecosystem recovery -- Uncertainty analysis on critical loads for forest soils in Finland -- Monte Carlo simulations in ecological risk assessment -- Sensitivity analysis of a model for pesticide leaching and accumulation -- Bayesian uncertainty analysis in water quality modelling -- Modelling dynamics of air pollution dispersion in mesoscale -- Uncertainty factors analysis in linear water quality models -- Uncertainty analysis and risk assessment combined: application to a bioaccumulation model -- Diagnosis of model applicability by identification of incompatible data sets illustrated on a pharmacokinetic model for dioxins in mamals -- Regional calibration of a steady state model to assess critical acid loads -- Uncertainty analysis for the computation of greenhouse gas concentrations in IMAGE -- 6. Economics -- Forecast uncertainty in economics -- Some aspects of nonlinear discrete-time descriptor systems in economics -- Quasi-periodic and strange, chaotic attractors in Hick’s nonlinear trade cycle model -- Monte Carlo experimentation for large scale forward-looking economic models -- Erratic dynamics in a restricted tatonnement process with two and three goods -- Chaotic dynamics in a two-dimensional overlapping generation model: a numerical investigation -- Nonlinearity and forecasting aspects of periodically integrated autoregressions -- Classical and modified resealed range analysis: some evidence. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818047803321 |
| Dordrecht ; ; Boston, : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1994 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Visions [[electronic resource] ] : how science will revolutionize the twenty-first century
| Visions [[electronic resource] ] : how science will revolutionize the twenty-first century |
| Autore | Kaku Michio |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007, c1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
| Disciplina |
501.12
501/.12 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Forecasting
Technological forecasting Twenty-first century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-59451-9
9786613624345 0-19-158622-6 0-585-24488-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; PART ONE: VISIONS; CHAPTER 1 Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence; PART TWO: THE COMPUTER REVOLUTION; CHAPTER 2 The Invisible Computer; CHAPTER 3 The Intelligent Planet; CHAPTER 4 Machines That Think; CHAPTER 5 Beyond Silicon: Cyborgs and the Ultimate Computer; CHAPTER 6 Second Thoughts: Will Humans Become Obsolete?; PART THREE: THE BIOMQLECULAR REVOLUTION; CHAPTER 7 Personal DNA Codes; CHAPTER 8 Conquering Cancer-Fixing Our Genes; CHAPTER 9 Molecular Medicine and the Mind/Body Link; CHAPTER 10 To Live Forever?
CHAPTER 11 Playing God: Designer Children and ClonesCHAPTER 12 Second Thoughts: The Genetics of a Brave New World?; PART FOUR: THE QUANTUM REVOLUTION; CHAPTER 13 The Quantum Future; CHAPTER 14 To Reach for the Stars; CHAPTER 15 Toward a Planetary: Civilization; CHAPTER 16 Masters of Space and Time; Notes; Recommended Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455489603321 |
Kaku Michio
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007, c1998 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Visions [[electronic resource] ] : how science will revolutionize the twenty-first century
| Visions [[electronic resource] ] : how science will revolutionize the twenty-first century |
| Autore | Kaku Michio |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007, c1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
| Disciplina |
501.12
501/.12 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Forecasting
Technological forecasting Twenty-first century |
| ISBN |
0-19-164733-0
1-280-59451-9 9786613624345 0-19-158622-6 0-585-24488-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; PART ONE: VISIONS; CHAPTER 1 Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence; PART TWO: THE COMPUTER REVOLUTION; CHAPTER 2 The Invisible Computer; CHAPTER 3 The Intelligent Planet; CHAPTER 4 Machines That Think; CHAPTER 5 Beyond Silicon: Cyborgs and the Ultimate Computer; CHAPTER 6 Second Thoughts: Will Humans Become Obsolete?; PART THREE: THE BIOMQLECULAR REVOLUTION; CHAPTER 7 Personal DNA Codes; CHAPTER 8 Conquering Cancer-Fixing Our Genes; CHAPTER 9 Molecular Medicine and the Mind/Body Link; CHAPTER 10 To Live Forever?
CHAPTER 11 Playing God: Designer Children and ClonesCHAPTER 12 Second Thoughts: The Genetics of a Brave New World?; PART FOUR: THE QUANTUM REVOLUTION; CHAPTER 13 The Quantum Future; CHAPTER 14 To Reach for the Stars; CHAPTER 15 Toward a Planetary: Civilization; CHAPTER 16 Masters of Space and Time; Notes; Recommended Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778603403321 |
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Kaku Michio
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007, c1998 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Visions : how science will revolutionize the twenty-first century
| Visions : how science will revolutionize the twenty-first century |
| Autore | Kaku Michio |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007, c1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
| Disciplina |
501.12
501/.12 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Forecasting
Technological forecasting Twenty-first century |
| ISBN |
0-19-164733-0
1-280-59451-9 9786613624345 0-19-158622-6 0-585-24488-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; PART ONE: VISIONS; CHAPTER 1 Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence; PART TWO: THE COMPUTER REVOLUTION; CHAPTER 2 The Invisible Computer; CHAPTER 3 The Intelligent Planet; CHAPTER 4 Machines That Think; CHAPTER 5 Beyond Silicon: Cyborgs and the Ultimate Computer; CHAPTER 6 Second Thoughts: Will Humans Become Obsolete?; PART THREE: THE BIOMQLECULAR REVOLUTION; CHAPTER 7 Personal DNA Codes; CHAPTER 8 Conquering Cancer-Fixing Our Genes; CHAPTER 9 Molecular Medicine and the Mind/Body Link; CHAPTER 10 To Live Forever?
CHAPTER 11 Playing God: Designer Children and ClonesCHAPTER 12 Second Thoughts: The Genetics of a Brave New World?; PART FOUR: THE QUANTUM REVOLUTION; CHAPTER 13 The Quantum Future; CHAPTER 14 To Reach for the Stars; CHAPTER 15 Toward a Planetary: Civilization; CHAPTER 16 Masters of Space and Time; Notes; Recommended Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814290703321 |
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Kaku Michio
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007, c1998 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Zijlicht op toekomstonderzoek : vier casus / / Stuurgroep Toekomstonderzoek en Strategisch Omgevingsbeleid
| Zijlicht op toekomstonderzoek : vier casus / / Stuurgroep Toekomstonderzoek en Strategisch Omgevingsbeleid |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | WRR, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (357 pages) : illustrations (black and white); digital file(s) |
| Collana | Werkdocumenten |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Forecasting
Science - Political aspects - Netherlands Science and state Political science Public administration - Netherlands Politics & government |
| ISBN | 9789075095869 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | dut |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141464303321 |
| WRR, 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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