Science and society
Subtitle: the John C. Polanyi Nobel Laureates lectures
By: edited and with an introduction by Martin Moskovits.
Contributors: Polanyi, J. C., 1929-; Moskovits, Martin.
Publisher: Anansi
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Concord, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
Subjects: Science.; Science -- Social aspects.; Nobel Prizes.
Table of contents: title: Understanding discovery / John Charles Polanyi; title: The shape of molecular collisions / Dudley Robert Herschbach; title: Unpredictability in science and technology / Charles Hard Townes; title: Living molecules / Max Perutz; title: The human genome project / James Dewey Watson; title: Synthetic DNA and biology / Michael Smith; title: Life as a cosmic imperative / Christian René de Duve; title: Global prospects / henry Way Kendall; title: Time, chaos, and the two cultures / Ilya Prigogine; title: Chemistry under teh sun / George Porter.