Science as a gateway to understanding : international workshop proceedings, Tehran, Iran / Glenn Schweitzer and Yousef Sobouti, editors ; Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development, Security, and Cooperation, Policy and Global Affairs ; National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schweitzer, Glenn E., 1930-2023.

Sobouti, Yousef.

National Research Council (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching--Congresses.

Science.

Science--International cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In October 2007, the U.S. National Academies and the Iranian Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Science organized the first of a series of planned U.S.-Iranian workshops on the topic "Science as a Gateway to Understanding." This new workshop series is a component of the broader effort of the National Academies to support bilateral workshops and exchange visits in a variety of fields with a number of Iranian institutions that began in 2000. This book includes papers that were presented at the workshop and summaries of the discussions that followed some of the presentations. At the conclusion of the workshop there was general agreement that the presentations on many aspects of science and scientific cooperation that have a bearing on mutual understanding were an important first step. Several participants underscored that the next workshop should emphasize how scientific cooperation can lead in concrete terms to improved understanding among both academic and political leaders from the two countries.

Contents:

""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Words of Welcome""; ""1 Where Does Science Go?""; ""2 Scientists and Truth""; ""3 The Innovation Ecology""; ""4 Wisdom: the Best Gateway to Understanding""; ""5 Interacademy Cooperation: An Approach to Understanding""; ""6 Understanding Others, the Science Way""; ""7 Loving and Sharing Science: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes""; ""8 Successes in Building International Bridges through Science""; ""9 The Universality of Science: Examples from History""; ""10 The Role of International Scientific Organizations""; ""11 Science and Culture""

""12 A Half Century of Successes and Problems in U.S.-Iranian Cooperation in Science, Engineering, and Medicine""""13 Opportunities for International Collaboration in Earthquake System Science""; ""14 Science, Technology, and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy: Prospects for Cooperation""; ""15 Summary of Open Forum""; ""16 Closing Remarks""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Workshop Participants""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611972790

9780309178020

0309178029

9780309128803

0309128803

9781281972798

1281972797

OCLC:

923279625