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Science in Society Readers: Reader L - Looking to the Future
Part of the Science in Society series, Looking to the Future describes the remit of the series; looking at the impact of science on society and the need for decisions and choices to be made on an informed basis.
The book goes on to look at the effects of new technologies from the viewpoint of the 1980s, including those of computers and warfare on society and quality of life.
Contents:
1. What this course is about
2. Man and his environment - crisis or climacteric?
3. Chemistry and the new industrial revolution
4. Appropriate technology
5. The impact of the micro-processor on society
6. Living and working in a computer age
7. Aesthetics and engineering
8. A life-style for today and tomorrow
9. Science and political decisions
10. War in the twentieth century
11. Quality of life
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