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Science as a Gateway to Understanding : International Workshop Proceedings, Tehran, Iran /
In October 2007, the U.S. National Academies and the Iranian Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Science organized the first of a series of planned U.S.-Iranian workshops on the topic "Science as a Gateway to Understanding." This new workshop series is a component of the broader effort...
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academies Press,
©2008.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Words of Welcome
- 1 Where Does Science Go?
- 2 Scientists and Truth
- 3 The Innovation Ecology
- 4 Wisdom: the Best Gateway to Understanding
- 5 Interacademy Cooperation: An Approach to Understanding
- 6 Understanding Others, the Science Way
- 7 Loving and Sharing Science: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
- 8 Successes in Building International Bridges through Science
- 9 The Universality of Science: Examples from History
- 10 The Role of International Scientific Organizations
- 11 Science and Culture
- 12 A Half Century of Successes and Problems in U.S.-Iranian Cooperation in Science, Engineering, and Medicine13 Opportunities for International Collaboration in Earthquake System Science
- 14 Science, Technology, and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy: Prospects for Cooperation
- 15 Summary of Open Forum
- 16 Closing Remarks
- Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
- Appendix B: Workshop Participants