Science, technology, and the future : Soviet scientists' analysis of the problems of and prospects for the development of science and technology and their role in society

Science, Technology and the Future is an analysis of the problems of and prospects for the development of science and technology and their role in society. Drawing on the perspectives of Soviet scientists, this book examines the relation between society and nature as well as the prospects for resolving ecological problems with the aid of science and technology. This book is comprised of 33 chapters and begins with a discussion on the role of science and technology in modern society and their place in the solution of global problems. The axiological and ethical aspects of the development of science and the mechanism of scientific and technical progress, economics, and social development are also considered. The next section deals with concrete questions pertaining to the development of natural and technical sciences and their significance for the future of mankind, with emphasis on the role of science in the development of productive forces; the state of and the prospects for resolving the energy problem; the most important achievements in the leading branches of physics, chemistry, and biology; opportunities for utilizing space research for man's daily needs; oceanology and geology in the year 2000; science and fertility of the soils; materials for the technology of the future; and prospects for the development of automation and man's place in future production. This monograph will be of interest to sociologists, environmentalists, and science policymakers. Content: Other Pergamon Titles of Interest , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Preface , Pages vii-viii Topical Problems of Our Time and the Integration of Knowledge , Pages 3-20 , P.N. FEDOSEYEV Methodological Problems of Global Development Modelling , Pages 21-35 , J.M. GVISHIANI Science and Social Control for Development Purposes , Pages 37-49 , V.G. AFANASYEV Scientific and Technological Progress, Economics and Social Development , Pages 51-62 , N.P. FEDORENKO Regional Economics—a New Branch of Economics , Pages 63-72 , N.N. NEKRASOV From the Revolution in the Natural Sciences to the Scientific and Technological Revolution , Pages 73-82 , S.R. MIKULINSKY The Future of High-energy Physics , Pages 83-107 , M.A. MARKOV Modern Science and Humanism , Pages 109-124 , I.T. FROLOV Scientist and Epoch , Pages 125-128 , N.A. DOLLEZHAL Energy and Physics , Pages 131-139 , P.L. KAPITZA The Energy Situation in the World: (Problems and Prospects) , Pages 141-153 , M.A. STYRIKOVICH The Present and the Future of Chemical Kinetics , Pages 155-165 , N.N. SEMENOV High-temperature Superconductivity , Pages 167-179 , V.L. GINZBURG Solid-state Physics and Its Role in Science and Practice , Pages 181-186 , A.M. PROKHOROV Mechanics and Scientific and Technical Progress , Pages 187-199 , M.A. LAVRENTIEV Engineering Cybernetics and Scientific and Technological Progress , Pages 201-215 , B.N. PETROV Space Exploration for the Benefit of Man , Pages 217-248 , M.V. KELDYSH, M. YA. MAROV The Ocean—a Challenge to Man and Science , Pages 249-254 , L.M. BREKHOVSKIKH Geology in the Year 2000 , Pages 255-263 , A.V. SIDORENKO The Progress of Chemistry, Chemical Technology and Industry in the USSR , Pages 265-303 , N.M. ZHAVORONKOV Formation and Development of the Soviet Metallurgical Machine-building Industry , Pages 305-319 , A.I. TSELIKOV The Prospects of Chemical Technology , Pages 321-334 , V.V. KAFAROV Towards New Frontiers of Research on Basic Phenomena of Life , Pages 335-347 , W.A. ENGELHARDT Towards an Understanding of the Secrets of Life , Pages 349-355 , YU. A. OVCHINNIKOV Photosynthesis and the “Sum of Life” on Earth , Pages 357-366 , A.A. NICHIPOROVICH Automation and Man , Pages 367-372 , A.N. LEONTYEV The Problems of Medicine in the Industrial Age , Pages 373-382 , Z.I. JANUSHKEVICHIUS Monitoring, the Comprehensive Analysis and Control of the Natural Environment Quality , Pages 385-395 , YU. A. IZRAEL Biosphere, Soil Cover and Their Changes , Pages 397-410 , V.A. KOVDA City Hygiene , Pages 411-422 , V.D. SOLOVJEV, A.P. SCHITSKOVA Scientific and Technical Progress. The Environment and Man , Pages 423-429 , F.G. KROTKOV Social Progress and Resolving of Ecological Problems , Pages 431-444 , E.K. FYEDOROV Chemical and Biological Kinetics , Pages 447-470 , N.M. EMANUEL Index , Pages 471-480 Editors, E. P. Velikhov, J. M. Gvishiani, S. R. Mikulinsky ; Compilers, N. I. Makeshin, L. E. Murtazina, A. L. Chernjak. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.