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Author Rees, Martin J., 1942- author.

Title If science is to save us / Martin Rees.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; Hoboken, USA : Polity Press, 2022.
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Description viii, 198 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Global mega-challenges -- Threats to the biosphere: population growth and biodiversity loss -- The climate and energy crisis -- Biotechnology: hopes, fears and ethical conundrums -- Computers, robots and AI -- Avoiding doom -- Meet the scientists -- Science and culture: past and present -- What scientists do -- Communication and debate -- Science and the media -- Science's limits and our twenty-first-century challenges -- Science is a team game -- Science comes out of the lab -- Lessons from Covid-19 -- The world of defence -- Advisors and campaigners -- The scientific enterprise, national and international -- Some personal perspectives on academies and networks: from 'just in time' to 'just in case' -- Getting the best from science -- Optimizing scientific creativity -- Educating scientists: an international perspective -- Attracting and supporting scientific talent -- Where is research best done - and best exploited? -- Why prizes can do more harm than good -- Sharing science -- Enhancing science education -- On ivory towers.
Subject Science -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Science -- Social aspects.
PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Science -- Moral and ethical aspects. (OCoLC)fst01108321
Science -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01108360
Other Form: ebook version : 9781509554218
ISBN 1509554203 (hardback)
9781509554201 (hardback)
9781509554218 (ePub ebook)
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