A Distant Light: Scientists and Public Policy

by Henry W. Kendall

Book Overview

A collection of essays by a Nobel Laureate on a wide range of critical issues facing the world, and the role of scientists in solving these problems. Kendall has been closely involved with the Union of Concerned Scientists, a group that began as an informal association at MIT in 1969 to protest US involvement in Vietnam and is today an organization with an annual budget exceeding $6 million, with 100,000 supporters worldwide.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387988335
• ISBN13: 9780387988337
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"