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International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies - 45th Session [electronic resource] : the Role of Science in the Third Millennium.
ISBN:
9789814531788
Title:
International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies - 45th Session [electronic resource] : the Role of Science in the Third Millennium.
Author:
Ragaini, R.
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Publication Information:
Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2013.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (573 pages).
Series:
The Science & Culture Series: Nuclear Strategy & Peace Technology
General Note:
Derivation of the state-contingent pricing rule.
Contents:
Andrew J. Saykin Neuroimaging, Genetics and Biomarkers: New Windows into Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (Camera-Ready Contribution Not Available); Bernardino Ghetti The Brain: from Leonardo to the Double Helix (Camera-Ready Contribution Not Available); Hans Von Der Schmitt Frontier in Fast Computing (Camera-Ready Contribution Not Available); Bernardino Ghetti Brain & Behaviour PMP (Camera-Ready Contribution Not Available); SPECIAL SESSION: LECTIO MAGISTRALIS.

Václav Klaus President of the Czech Republic The Manmade Contribution to Ongoing Global Warming is Not a Planetary EmergencyAlessandro Pagano Overcoming the Planetary Emergencies is Possible Because Science, Technology and Culture are Founded on Liberty, Right and Truth; 1. OPENING SESSION; Antonino Zichichi Why Science is Needed for the Culture of the Third Millennium; THE CULTURE OF OUR TIME AND THE ONE NEEDED; I INTERACTIONS WITH ENVIRONMENT FROM BASIC QUANTITIES TO LIVING MATTER; II THE LOGIC OF OUR PROJECT; III THE FUNDS NEEDED AND THE STATUS OF THE PLANETARY EMERGENCIES.

PLANETARY EMERGENCIESIV WHY THIS PROJECT; V OUR CREDENTIALS; ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE; ERICE PRIZE; SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAMME; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Hamadoun I. Touré Cyber Resilience: The Essence of Cyber Peace; CONCLUSION; Lord John Alderdice Recent Developments in Terrorism; Antonio d'Ali Message from Senator Dr. Antonio d'Ali; 2. MITIGATION OF TERRORIST ACTS; Richard L. Garwin Dose Thresholds for Evacuation following Explosion of an Improvised Nuclear Device or Radiological Dispersal Device; PRESENTATION.

HOW REALISTIC IS "INFORMED EVACUATION" AND SHELTERING?EVACUATION IN RESPONSE TO AN RDD ATTACK?; SUMMARY; Friedrich Steinhäusler Gap Analysis of EU Counterterrorism Research Initiatives; EU COUNTERTERRORISM RESEARCH; MAJOR EU COUNTERTERRORISM RESEARCH PROJECTS; GAP ANALYSIS; THE WAY FORWARD; Frank von Hippel Preventing Nuclear-Explosive Terrorism by Eliminating Fissile Material: A Progress Report; GLOBAL STOCKS OF FISSILE MATERIAL; SECURING, CONSOLIDATING AND ELIMINATING NUCLEAR MATERIAL; REDUCING THE USE OF HEU AND SEPARATED PLUTONIUM FOR REACTOR FUEL; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES.

Ramamurti Rajaraman Public Perception of Nuclear Radiation: Its Importance for Nuclear Energy, RDD, Terrorism and Nuclear DisarmamentDIRTY BOMB AND PANIC AS THE WEAPON; NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAMS AND REACTOR ACCIDENTS; THEN CAME FUKUSHIMA; 3. CLIMATE & CLIMATE ECONOMICS; Christopher Essex The Importance of Economics in the Framework of Climate Issues; Lord Nigel Lawson The Role of Science in the Third Millennium; Ross McKitrick A Simple State-Contingent Pricing Policy for Complex Intertemporal Externalities; INTRODUCTION; UNCERTAINTY AND INERTIA PROBLEMS IN CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION PRICING.
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Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2013.