Science, Technology and the Future
Soviet Scientists' Analysis of the Problems of and Prospects for the Development of Science and Technology and Their Role in Society
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1980
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Editors: E. P. Velikhov, J. M. Gvishiani, S. R. Mikulinsky
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 1 4 6 0 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 4 7 0 2 - 4
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Request a sales quoteScience, Technology and the Future is an analysis of the problems of and prospects for the development of science and technology and their role in society. Drawing on the perspectives of Soviet scientists, this book examines the relation between society and nature as well as the prospects for resolving ecological problems with the aid of science and technology. This book is comprised of 33 chapters and begins with a discussion on the role of science and technology in modern society and their place in the solution of global problems. The axiological and ethical aspects of the development of science and the mechanism of scientific and technical progress, economics, and social development are also considered. The next section deals with concrete questions pertaining to the development of natural and technical sciences and their significance for the future of mankind, with emphasis on the role of science in the development of productive forces; the state of and the prospects for resolving the energy problem; the most important achievements in the leading branches of physics, chemistry, and biology; opportunities for utilizing space research for man's daily needs; oceanology and geology in the year 2000; science and fertility of the soils; materials for the technology of the future; and prospects for the development of automation and man's place in future production. This monograph will be of interest to sociologists, environmentalists, and science policymakers.
Preface
Section 1. Science in the Modern World
Topical Problems of Our Time and the Integration of Knowledge
Methodological Problems of Global Development Modeling
Science and Social Control for Development Purposes
Scientific and Technological Progress, Economics and Social Development
Regional Economics—A New Branch of Economics
From the Revolution in the Natural Sciences to the Scientific and Technological Revolution
The Future of High-Energy Physics
Modern Science and Humanism
Scientist and Epoch
Section 2. Natural and Technical Sciences and Mankind's Future
Energy and Physics
The Energy Situation in the World (Problems and Prospects)
The Present and the Future of Chemical Kinetics
High-Temperature Superconductivity
Solid-State Physics and Its Role in Science and Practice
Mechanics and Scientific and Technical Progress
Engineering Cybernetics and Scientific and Technological Progress
Space Exploration for the Benefit of Man
The Ocean—a Challenge to Man and Science
Geology in the Year 2000
The Progress of Chemistry, Chemical Technology and Industry in the USSR
Formation and Development of the Soviet Metallurgical Machine-Building Industry
The Prospects of Chemical Technology
Towards New Frontiers of Research on Basic Phenomena of Life
Towards an Understanding of the Secrets of Life
Photosynthesis and the "Sum of Life" on Earth
Automation and Man
The Problems of Medicine in the Industrial Age
Section 3. Science and the Solution of Ecological Problems
Monitoring, the Comprehensive Analysis and Control of the Natural Environment Quality
Biosphere, Soil Cover and Their Changes
City Hygiene
Scientific and Technical Progress. The Environment and Man
Social Progress and Resolving of Ecological Problems
Added at Proof Stage (Section 2)
Chemical and Biological Kinetics
Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1980
- No. of pages (eBook): 488
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483114606
- eBook ISBN: 9781483147024
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