International seminar on nuclear war and planetary emergencies : 45th session : the role of science in the third millennium : "E. Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy, 19-24 August 2012 / series editor and chairman, A. Zichichi ; edited by R. Ragaini.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Zichichi, Antonino, editor.

Ragaini, Richard C., editor.

Conference Name:

International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies (45th : 2012 : Erice, Italy)

Series:

Science and culture series (Singapore). Nuclear strategy and peace technology.

Science and culture series. Nuclear strategy and peace techology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management--Congresses.

Emergency management.

Climatic changes--Congresses.

Climatic changes.

Nuclear disarmament--Congresses.

Nuclear disarmament.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 562 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps

Other Title:

Role of science in the third millenium

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Proceedings of the 45th Session of the International Seminars on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies held in Erice, Sicily. This Seminar has again gathered, in 2012, over one hundred scientists from 43 countries in an interdisciplinary effort that has been going on for the last 31 years, to examine and analyze planetary problems which had been followed up, all year long, by the World Federation of Scientists' Permanent Monitoring Panels.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Andrew J. Saykin Neuroimaging, Genetics and Biomarkers: New Windows into Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (Camera-Ready Contribution Not Available); Bernardino Ghetti The Brain: from Leonardo to the Double Helix (Camera-Ready Contribution Not Available); Hans Von Der Schmitt Frontier in Fast Computing (Camera-Ready Contribution Not Available); Bernardino Ghetti Brain & Behaviour PMP (Camera-Ready Contribution Not Available); SPECIAL SESSION: LECTIO MAGISTRALIS

Václav Klaus President of the Czech Republic The Manmade Contribution to Ongoing Global Warming is Not a Planetary EmergencyAlessandro Pagano Overcoming the Planetary Emergencies is Possible Because Science, Technology and Culture are Founded on Liberty, Right and Truth; 1. OPENING SESSION; Antonino Zichichi Why Science is Needed for the Culture of the Third Millennium; THE CULTURE OF OUR TIME AND THE ONE NEEDED; I INTERACTIONS WITH ENVIRONMENT FROM BASIC QUANTITIES TO LIVING MATTER; II THE LOGIC OF OUR PROJECT; III THE FUNDS NEEDED AND THE STATUS OF THE PLANETARY EMERGENCIES

PLANETARY EMERGENCIESIV WHY THIS PROJECT; V OUR CREDENTIALS; ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE; ERICE PRIZE; SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAMME; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Hamadoun I. Touré Cyber Resilience: The Essence of Cyber Peace; CONCLUSION; Lord John Alderdice Recent Developments in Terrorism; Antonio d'Ali Message from Senator Dr. Antonio d'Ali; 2. MITIGATION OF TERRORIST ACTS; Richard L. Garwin Dose Thresholds for Evacuation following Explosion of an Improvised Nuclear Device or Radiological Dispersal Device; PRESENTATION

HOW REALISTIC IS "INFORMED EVACUATION" AND SHELTERING?EVACUATION IN RESPONSE TO AN RDD ATTACK?; SUMMARY; Friedrich Steinhäusler Gap Analysis of EU Counterterrorism Research Initiatives; EU COUNTERTERRORISM RESEARCH; MAJOR EU COUNTERTERRORISM RESEARCH PROJECTS; GAP ANALYSIS; THE WAY FORWARD; Frank von Hippel Preventing Nuclear-Explosive Terrorism by Eliminating Fissile Material: A Progress Report; GLOBAL STOCKS OF FISSILE MATERIAL; SECURING, CONSOLIDATING AND ELIMINATING NUCLEAR MATERIAL; REDUCING THE USE OF HEU AND SEPARATED PLUTONIUM FOR REACTOR FUEL; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES

Ramamurti Rajaraman Public Perception of Nuclear Radiation: Its Importance for Nuclear Energy, RDD, Terrorism and Nuclear DisarmamentDIRTY BOMB AND PANIC AS THE WEAPON; NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAMS AND REACTOR ACCIDENTS; THEN CAME FUKUSHIMA; 3. CLIMATE & CLIMATE ECONOMICS; Christopher Essex The Importance of Economics in the Framework of Climate Issues; Lord Nigel Lawson The Role of Science in the Third Millennium; Ross McKitrick A Simple State-Contingent Pricing Policy for Complex Intertemporal Externalities; INTRODUCTION; UNCERTAINTY AND INERTIA PROBLEMS IN CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION PRICING

DERIVATION OF THE STATE-CONTINGENT PRICING RULE

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789814531788

9814531782

OCLC:

857066269