Martin J. Rees

Here highly regarded British astronomer Rees offers his personal takes on the "tensions that can arise between scientists, the public, and policymakers" when it comes to addressing today's raft of global threats and challenges such as climate change. These threats are mostly traceable, I'd say, to the world's gross overpopulation, though Rees steers clear of saying that. The book has sections on what science is and how it works; connections with the military; different countries' science policies, organizations, and education (largely but not wholly focusing on the UK and the US), and various other topics and issues regarding the milieux for scientific work. How can we get political leaders to read it all?… (mais)