A Distant Light: Scientists and Public Policy (Masters of Modern Physics)

Henry W. Kendall, H. Ris (Foreword by)

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Publication Date: October 22nd, 1999

Publisher:

Springer

ISBN:

9780387988337

Pages:

318

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Description

A collection of essays by a Nobel Laureate on a wide range of critical issues facing the world, and the role of scientists in solving these problems. Kendall has been closely involved with the Union of Concerned Scientists, a group that began as an informal association at MIT in 1969 to protest US involvement in Vietnam and is today an organization with an annual budget exceeding $6 million, with 100,000 supporters worldwide.