Scientists in Search of Their Conscience Proceedings of a Symposium on The Impact of Science on Society organised by The European Committee of The Weizmann Institute of Science Brussels, June 28–29, 1971
"Scientists in Search of Their Conscience" is the edited proceedings of the European Symposium on the effects of science on society held in Brussels in 1971. Organised by The European Committee of The Weizmann Institute, Israel, the Conference gave scientists from varied disciplines and ma...
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1973, 1973
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Table of Contents:
- Albert B. Sabin
- Speakers: Théo Lefèvre
- Altiero Spinelli
- Morning Session, Monday, June 28, 1971
- Chairman: John C. Kendrew
- Speakers: Friedrich Cramer “Can our Society meet the
- Challenge of a Technological Future?”
- Aharon Katzir-Katchalsky “A Scientist’s Approach to Human Values”
- Discussion
- Afternoon Session, Monday, June 28, 1971
- Chairman: Hendrik B. G. Casimir
- Speakers: Léon Van Hove “Physical Science in Relation to Human Thought and Action”
- Chaim L. Pekeris “The Impact of Physical Sciences on Society”
- Discussion
- Evening, Monday, June 28, 1971
- Chairman: Siegmund G. Warburg
- Speaker: Raymond Aron “Evening Address”
- Morning Session, Tuesday, June 29, 1971
- Chairman: Wolfgang Gentner
- Speakers: Ole Maaløe “Can Ideas from Molecular Biology be applied to Economic and Social Systems?”
- David Samuel “Science and the Control of Man’s Mind”
- Discuss