Author Dyson, Freeman J.

Title Heretical thoughts about science and society / by Freeman Dyson.

Imprint Boston : Boston University, Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, c2006.
Location Call Number Status
 Monograph Collection  Q175.3 .D97 2006  AVAILABLE
Description 22 p. : ports. ; 23 cm.
Series The Pardee Center distinguished lecture series
Note "Frederick S. Pardee distinguished lecture, November 1, 2005."
Summary Physicist Freeman Dyson discusses his six "heresies": Global warming, land management and climate; Rising sea levels, oceans and ice ages; The wet Sahara; The domestication of biotechnology; Biological sharing and the Darwinian interlude; Rural poverty.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 22).
Subject(s) Science -- Philosophy.
Technology -- Philosophy
Alternate Author Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.