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The Science and Culture Series — Nuclear Strategy and Peace Technology

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON NUCLEAR WAR AND PLANETARY EMERGENCIES — 30TH SESSION
Anniversary Celebrations: The Pontifical Academy of Sciences 400th — The "Ettore Majorana" Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture 40th — H H John Paul II Apostolate 25th — Climate/Global Warming: The Cosmic Ray Effect; Effects on Species and Biodiversity; Human Effects; Paleoclimate Implications Evidence for Global Warming — Pollution: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals; Hazardous Material; Legacy Wastes and Radioactive Waste Management in USA, Europe, Southeast Asia and Japan — The Cultural Planetary Emergency: Role of the Media; Intolerance; Terrorism; Iraqi Perspective; Open Forum Debate — AIDS and Infectious Diseases: Ethics in Medicine; AIDS Vaccine Strategies — Water: Water Conflicts in the Middle East — Energy: Developing Countries; Mitigation of Greenhouse Warming — Permanent Monitoring Panels Reports — Workshops: Long-Term Stewardship of Hazardous Material; AIDS Vaccine Strategies and Ethics
Fourth Centenary of the Foundation of the First Academy of Sciences: "Academia Lynceorum" by Federico Cesi and Pope Clemente VIII

Erice, Italy 18 - 26 August 2003

edited by R Ragaini (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)

The proceedings have been selected for coverage in:
• Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings® (ISTP® / ISI Proceedings)
• Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)
• Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings® (ISSHP® / ISI Proceedings)
• Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings (ISSHP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)
• CC Proceedings — Biomedical, Biological & Agricultural Sciences


Contents:

  • The Pontifical Academy of Sciences (M S Sorondo)
  • Climate Change and the Cosmic Ray Connection (N J Shaviv)
  • The Emerging Science of Endocrine Disruption (J P Myers et al.)
  • Hazardous Waste Management in Southeast Asia (B Gurusamy)
  • Spin in War and Peace (M Sturmer)
  • War on Terrorism: A Search for Focus (V Kremenyuk)
  • Ethics, Justice and Statistics (J L Hutton)
  • Pre-clinical Primate Vaccine Studies (R Thorstensson)
  • The Politics of Water (F Mehr)
  • The Italian Civil Protection Response to Planetary Emergencies and the Co-operation with the International Scientific Community (Video) (G Bertolaso)
  • Report of the Open Forum Debate on Terrorism (A Kamal)
  • Energy in Developing Countries — Is It a Special Case? (H Khatib)
  • Risk Analysis Permanent Monitoring Panel (T Taylor)
  • Desertification Permanent Monitoring Panel (A Warren)
  • Contamination and Vulnerability of Groundwater Resources in Russia (I S Zektser)
  • and other papers


Readership: Researchers and practitioners in environmental management, meteorology, sociology, psychology, international relations and political science.

592pp Pub. date: Mar 2004
ISBN 981-238-820-6 US$128 / £78


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