Reason Enough to Hope: America and the World of the Twenty-First Century

by Philip Morrison and Kosta Tsipis

Two eminent scientists offer a global approach to issues of security and development. In this "blue-sky" effort to rethink humanity's basic challenges, Philip Morrison and Kosta Tsipis--both eminent scientists with deep expertise in arms control issues--sketch the broad outlines for a global approach to the problems of security and development. Their goal is to set priorities for feasible action, and their focus is threefold: war and particularly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026213344X
• ISBN13: 9780262133449
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Naive? I don't think so.

This book is fantastic if you read it slowly and with an open mind. They are not promoting a utopia, but instead a better world. The ideas come from far above the harsh realities of day to day life, but they should (could) affect the governments and leaders of the world and voters in democratic societies. Did you know that the rate of increase of the population is slowing? Did you know that for 30 years planes circled the globe carrying nuclear bombs? Do you have any idea of the scales of expenditure related to the military or food or medicine? If you care, read this book.