René Dubos

The influence of technology in relation to the development of the economy and of society has been a concern of OECD for somé years and particular attention has been given to the conditions which favour or discourage technological innovation. Aspects of this problem which are proving of increasing...

VORWORT Die in diesem Buch aufgezeichneten Vorträge haben eine berühmte Ahnenreihe. Als der unsterbliche Michael Faraday noch Lehrling bei einem Londoner Buchhändler war, hörte er sich begeistert die Vorträge an, die Sir Humphrey Davy im Hause der Royal Institution of Great Britain hielt....

GYORGY KEPESART AND ECOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESSTlie forces of nature that man has brought under a measure of his control have again become alien; they now approach us menacingly by avenues opened by science and technology. This does not mean that we have freed ourselves from nature's old scourges,...