About this title: Addresses the question of how to assess the risks and benefits of scientific advance through three topics: climate change, genetic engineering and toxic chemicals. It advises a cautious approach in applying scientific knowledge as we try to improve the world around us.
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Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library copy in protective plastic cover. Book is tight with typical library markings. Pages are otherwise unmarked, text clean. No tears or folds. Edges are soiled and stained. Cover has moderate wear with scratches,... Trade paperback. Glued binding. 143 p. Prospects for Tomorrow. read more
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Description: Very good. Paperback, with minor outer cover edge-wear. Pages, clean, bright, and in excellent condition! Dispatched, next post, from Edinburgh. Lovingly hand-wrapped, in recycled bubble-wrap, and posted in a brand-new jiffy-bag.008.11/12/15f.1W.24-9. read more
Description: New. Excellent copy with small remainder mark. Excellent copy, tight, bright and clean with NO Markings or underlining to text. All items ship from Gig Harbor, Wa within 24 hrs! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, Inc., New York, N.Y.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780500280737ISBN:0500280738
Description: Fine. 0500280738 We can't predict the future, but we can influence it by the decisions we make today. PROSPECTS FOR TOMORROW is an exciting new series that will help us think more clearly and less fearfully about the future that we want for ourselves, for our children and for our children's children. Each volume is written by an expert for the general reader and sets out the possibilities for our future. Titles in the series investigate: * ending poverty * fair shares in global resources * ... read more
Description: Porritt, Jonathon., Thames & Hudson, nd (2000), c2000, 1st U.S. printing, illus. soft cover, fine, 143 pp w/index, select bibliography & sources, 8vo, "...confronts the issue of how to access the benefits and risk of scientific advance..." read more
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