Our Debt to the Future : (Royal Society of Canada, Literary and Scientific Papers)

AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING in 1957, the Royal Society of Canada celebratedthe seventy-fifth anniversary of its foundation. Fellows from each Section of the Society were asked to contribute to a conspectus, focused by their specialized knowledge and trained discrimination, to reveal certain trends and tendencies in Canada. AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING in 1957, the Royal Society of Canada, celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of its foundation, departed from the accustomed pattern of its meetings. Instead of assembling in separate sections, Fellows from each Section of the Society were asked to contribute to a conspectus, focused by their specialized knowledge and trained discrimination, to reveal to the Society and to others certain trends and tendencies in Canada. Subjects and contributors are: "These Seventy-Five Years" (Presidential Address by W. A. Mackintosh); "The Roles of the Scientist and the Scholar in Canada's Future" (W. A. Mackintosh, David L. Thomson); "The Penalties of Ignorance of Man's Biological Dependence" (E. G. D. Murray, K. W. Neatby, I. McT. Cowan, G. H. Ettinger, R. H. Manske); "The Social Impact of Modern Technology" (N. A. M. MacKenzie, V. W. Bladen, E. W. R. Steacie, W. H. Watson); "Our Economic Potential in the Light of Science" (H. C. Gunning, J. E. Hawley, L. M. Pidgeon, B. S. Keirstead, Maurice Lamontagne); "Human Values and the Evolution of Society" (G.-H. Lévesque, T. W. M. Cameron, A. S. P. Woodhouse, R. Elie, Roy Daniells); "Let Us Look to Our Human Resources" (F. H. Underhill, J. K. W. Ferguson, L.-P. Dugal, W. B. Lewis).
The volume is further prefaced by the address given by His Excellency the Right Honourable Vicent Massey, Governor-General of Canada, "The Weighing of Ayre." Preface 5 CONTENTS 7 ''The Weighing of Ayre" 9 Presidential Address: These Seventy-five Years 20 The Roles of the Scientist and the Scholar in Canada's Future 31 The Penalties of Ignorance of Man's Biological Dependence 40 The Social Impact of Modem Technology 67 Our Economic Potential in the Light of Science 83 Human Values and the Evolution of Society 110 Let Us Look to Our Human Resources 128 AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING in 1957, the Royal Society of Canada celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary of its foundation. Fellows from each Section of the Society were asked to contribute to a conspectus, focused by their specialized knowledge and trained discrimination, to reveal certain trends and tendencies in Canada