The book is a selection of eighty-one articles on various phases of modern investigation of the physical world. The immense seope of this field gives, necessarily, the appearance of randomness to choice of subjects. ...

Today's world technology, more than any other human activity, is transforming our lives, our habits and life styles, the ways human beings relate to each other; it creates our material wealth and the bases of our progress ...

Some of the main forces behind the growth of the private sector in agricultural technology research and development are reviewed, finally the concerns and problems arising from the new institutional situation are discussed.

A double answer is given to the question: 'does global citizenship require modern technology?' First, it does not because the idea of global citizenship as membership of a universal moral commnunity goes back to the ...