Author:

Koj, A  Search this

Sztompka, Piotr  Search this

Uniwersytet Jagielloński  Search this

Physical description:

216 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm

Type:

Congresses

Date:

2001

Notes:

Papers presented at a conference held at Jagiellonian University Sept. 29-30, 2000 on the occasion of the University's 600th anniversary.

Contents:

Evolution and information / John Maynard Smith -- Bioethics / Juan de Dios Vial Correa -- Moral challenges of genetic research / Charles A. Dinarello -- Medicine: science or art? / Ryszard J. Gryglewski -- Expanding horizons: progress and prospects in astronomy and cosmology / Martin Rees -- In search of the second Earth / Alexander Wolszczan -- Mathematics, the language of physics? / Michael Heller -- Mathematical images / Jean-Pierre Bourguignon -- A new Europe without the humanities / Erhard Busek -- Why Eurasia, why Europe, why Poland? / Jared M. Diamond -- History as a universal science and a creative art of communication / Norman Davies -- Social theory and global history / Björn Wittrock -- Is there, or can there be, a "European society?" / Claus Offe -- Culture and social structure in the 21st century / Neil J. Smelser -- Brave new world in the global village / Krzysztof Zanussi -- The ambivalence of social change / Piotr Sztompka

Topic:

Science--Philosophy  Search this

Science and the humanities  Search this

Cosmology  Search this

Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge  Search this

Civilization--Philosophy  Search this

Call number:

Q175.3 .I43 2001

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_732319