| Science with a Human Face: In Honor of Roger Randall Revelle Contributor(s): Dorfman, Robert (Editor), Rogers, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0674794834 ISBN-13: 9780674794832 Publisher: Harvard School of Public Health, Frangois-Xav OUR PRICE: $15.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1997 Annotation: In October of 1992, the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies sponsored the Roger Revelle Memorial Symposium on Population and Environment. Two dozen eminent scientists--all friends, colleagues, or students of Roger Revelle--presented papers in a broad range of disciplines that reflect the remarkable scope of Revelle's professional and academic contributions during his lifetime. This volume is a selection of the symposium papers. A memoir of Revelle's exposure to poverty in Pakistan, igniting his interest in the contribution that science could make to improving the lives of people in developing countries, serves as a moving introduction to the volume. This book stands as an enduring memorial to Roger Revelle's lifelong concern that scientific developments contribute to comfortable, civilized survival in all countries of this increasingly crowded world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science - Medical | Public Health |
| Dewey: 500 |
| LCCN: 97020687 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.03" W x 9.02" (1.01 lbs) 282 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In October of 1992, the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies sponsored the Roger Revelle Memorial Symposium on Population and Environment. Two dozen eminent scientists--all friends, colleagues, or students of Roger Revelle--presented papers in a broad range of disciplines that reflect the remarkable scope of Revelle's professional and academic contributions during his lifetime. This volume is a selection of the symposium papers. A memoir of Revelle's exposure to poverty in Pakistan, igniting his interest in the contribution that science could make to improving the lives of people in developing countries, serves as a moving introduction to the volume. This book stands as an enduring memorial to Roger Revelle's lifelong concern that scientific developments contribute to comfortable, civilized survival in all countries of this increasingly crowded world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rogers, Peter: - Peter Rogers is Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Engineering and Professor of City Planning at Harvard University. |