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Research and Human Needs

  • 1st Edition - January 1, 1981
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Augusto Forti, Paolo Bisogno
  • Language: English

Research and Human Needs considers the interrelationship between scientific research, human needs, and economic order. This book is composed of 15 chapters and starts with an… Read more

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Research and Human Needs considers the interrelationship between scientific research, human needs, and economic order. This book is composed of 15 chapters and starts with an overview of the priorities for scientific research, including the fields of bioscience, technology, and research applied to national needs. Other chapters provide an example of an interdisciplinary course on science and human needs. These topics are followed by discussions of information development through information popularization and the popularization of scientific research through human needs. The final chapters cover topics such as the quality of human life, and human rights and needs. This book is of value to researchers and non-specialist readers.

Table of contents


Scientific Research, Human Needs and the New Economic Order

Scientific Research and Human Needs

The Horizons of Relevance

The Bio-Science Impact

Appendix—Professional Ethics: A Bulwark against the Misuse of Science and Technology

Research Applied to National Needs—the American Experience

Development as if People Mattered

Appendix: An Example of an Interdisciplinary Course on Science and Human Needs

Information Development Through Information Popularization

Research and the Future

The Popularization of Scientific Research Through Human Needs

The Quality of Life and Development Alternatives

Human Rights: Closing the Gap

Research and Basic Human Needs: Closing the Widening Gap

Notes on Basic Needs—Priorities and Normative Change

Annotated Bibliography

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 22, 2013
  • Language: English

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