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  • - The Case of Central and Eastern European Countries
     
    £47.99

    Information and knowledge play an increasingly important role in the implementation of public policies, in particular those of the Central and Eastern European Countries.

  • by Thomas Ziesemer, Hans von Storch, Michele Knodt, et al.
    £93.99

  • - Ethics, Politics and Environment in the Contemporary Technological World
     
    £93.99

  • - Tools for Discussion and Evaluation
     
    £63.49

    Synthetic biology is a dynamic, young, ambitious, attractive, and heterogeneous scientific discipline. It is constantly developing and changing, which makes societal evaluation of this emerging new science a challenging task, prone to misunderstandings. Synthetic biology is difficult to capture, and confusion arises not only regarding which part of synthetic biology the discussion is about, but also with respect to the underlying concepts in use. This book offers a useful toolbox to approach this complex and fragmented field. It provides a biological access to the discussion using a 'layer' model that describes the connectivity of synthetic or semisynthetic organisms and cells to the realm of natural organisms derived by evolution.Instead of directly reviewing the field as a whole, firstly our book addresses the characteristic features of synthetic biology that are relevant to the societal discussion. Some of these features apply only to parts of synthetic biology, whereas others are relevant to synthetic biology as a whole. In the next step, these new features are evaluated with respect to the different areas of synthetic biology. Do we have the right words and categories to talk about these new features? In the third step, traditional concepts like "life" and "artificiality" are scrutinized with regard to their discriminatory power. This approach may help to differentiate the discussion on synthetic biology. Lastly our refined view is utilized for societal evaluation. We have investigated the public views and attitudes to synthetic biology. It also includes the analysis of ethical, risk and legal questions, posed by present and future practices of synthetic biology.This book contains the results of an interdisciplinary research project and presents the authors' main findings and recommendations. They are addressed to science, industry, politics and the general public interested in this upcoming field of biotechnology.

  • - Tools for Discussion and Evaluation
     
    £63.49

    Synthetic biology is a dynamic, young, ambitious, attractive, and heterogeneous scientific discipline. It is constantly developing and changing, which makes societal evaluation of this emerging new science a challenging task, prone to misunderstandings. Synthetic biology is difficult to capture, and confusion arises not only regarding which part of synthetic biology the discussion is about, but also with respect to the underlying concepts in use. This book offers a useful toolbox to approach this complex and fragmented field. It provides a biological access to the discussion using a 'layer' model that describes the connectivity of synthetic or semisynthetic organisms and cells to the realm of natural organisms derived by evolution.Instead of directly reviewing the field as a whole, firstly our book addresses the characteristic features of synthetic biology that are relevant to the societal discussion. Some of these features apply only to parts of synthetic biology, whereas others are relevant to synthetic biology as a whole. In the next step, these new features are evaluated with respect to the different areas of synthetic biology. Do we have the right words and categories to talk about these new features? In the third step, traditional concepts like ¿life¿ and ¿artificiality¿ are scrutinized with regard to their discriminatory power. This approach may help to differentiate the discussion on synthetic biology. Lastly our refined view is utilized for societal evaluation. We have investigated the public views and attitudes to synthetic biology. It also includes the analysis of ethical, risk and legal questions, posed by present and future practices of synthetic biology.This book contains the results of an interdisciplinary research project and presents the authors¿ main findings and recommendations. They are addressed to science, industry, politics and the general public interested in this upcoming field of biotechnology.

  • - Anthropological, Biological, and Philosophical Foundations
     
    £38.49

    Modern molecular technology in the so-called life sciences (biology as weil as medicine) allows today to approach and manipulate living beings in ways and to an extent wh ich not too long aga seemed Utopian. The empirical progress promises further and even more radical developments in the future, and it is at least often claimed that this kind of research will have tremendeous etfects on and for all of humanity, for example in the areas of food production, transplantation medicine (including stem cell research and xenotransplantation), (therapeutic) genetic manipulation and (cell-line) cloning (of cell lines or tissues), and of biodiversity conservation-strategies. At least in Western, industrialized countries the development of modern sciences led to a steady increase of human health, well-being and quality of life. However, with the move to make the human body itself an object of scientific research­ interests, the respective scientific descriptions resulted in changes in the image that human beings have of themselves. Scientific progress has led to a startling loss of traditional human self-understanding. This development is in contrast to an under­ standing according to which the question what it means to be "human" is treated in the realm of philosophy. And indeed, a closer look reveals that - without denying the value of scientitic progress - science cannot replace the philosophical approach to anthropological questions.

  • - Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen Und Gesetzliche Relevanz
     
    £73.49

  • - Technology Assessment - Methods and Impacts
     
    £47.99

    The Europaische Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich-techni scher Entwicklungen Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler GmbH (european academy) is con cerned with the scientific study of the consequences of scientific and technological advance for the individual and social life and for the natural environment.

  • - The Case of Central and Eastern European Countries
     
    £47.99

    Information and knowledge play an increasingly important role in the implementation of public policies, in particular those of the Central and Eastern European Countries.

  • - Technology Assessment - Methods and Impacts
     
    £38.49

    The Europaische Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich-techni scher Entwicklungen Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler GmbH (european academy) is con cerned with the scientific study of the consequences of scientific and technological advance for the individual and social life and for the natural environment.

  • - Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen Und Gesellschaftliche Konsequenzen
    by C R Bartram, G Fey, C Fonatsch, et al.
    £8.99 - 68.49

  • - Implementation and its Chances and Limits
     
    £47.99

    Technology Assessment processes can be taken as a paradigm for interdisciplinary research. In the present volume European experts of Technology Assessment present their perspectives on interdisciplinary research.

  • by M Schroder, A Grunwald, M Clausen, et al.
    £73.49

  • - Towards Better Scientific Policy Advice for a Safe and Secure Future Energy System
    by Christoph Weber, M. Carrier, M. Kaiser, et al.
    £104.49

    Managing a successful transition of the current energy supply system to less carbon emitting options, ensuring a safe and secure supply during the whole process and in the long term, is one of the largest challenges of our time.

  • by Michael Quante, M. Carrier, M. Kaiser, et al.
    £47.99

  • - Energy Storage, Demand Side Management, and Network Extension from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
    by Bert Droste-Franke, Miranda Schreurs, Thomas Ziesemer, et al.
    £93.99

    An important aim behind the restructuring of Germany's and Europe's electricity systems is to reduce the environmental burden, especially with respect to greenhouse gas emissions, of the current systems.

  • - Implementation and its Chances and Limits
     
    £38.49

    Technology Assessment processes can be taken as a paradigm for interdisciplinary research. In the present volume European experts of Technology Assessment present their perspectives on interdisciplinary research.

  • by Davor Solter, Ulrich Martin, Hans Lilie, et al.
    £38.49

    Presents the results of a temporary interdisciplinary project, ranging from a discussion of the theoretical and practical possibilities in human-embryo experimentation and its alternatives in research on adult stem cells, a comparison of the situations of regulation of embryo research in Europe, and a survey of European public attitudes.

  • by Spencer Henson, R. Chadwick, B. Moseley, et al.
    £93.99

    The Europiiische Akademie is concerned with the study of scientific and technolog ical advances for the individual, society and the natural environment. It is the result of the Europiiische Akademie's working group "Functional Foods" which worked from January 2001 to June 2003.

  • - Changing Psyche and Society
    by Jörg M. Fegert, Reinhard Merkel, Gerard Boer, et al.
    £74.49

    The wealth of insights into the brain's functioning gained by neuroscience in recent years led to the development of new possibilities for intervening in the brain such as neurotransplantation, neural prostheses and brain stimulation techniques.

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    £29.49

    Disparate perceptions and conceptual frameworks of environment and the relationship between humans and nature often lead to confusion, constraints on co-operation and collaboration and even conflict when society tries to deal with today's urgent and complex environment research and policy challenges.

  • - Ethics, Politics and Environment in the Contemporary Technological World
     
    £93.99

    This book offers an authoritative analysis of the challenges that have arisen as a result of modern technologies. It covers several environmental problems, such as climate change, overexploitation of natural resources, loss of natural habitats, pollution and human population growth, and discusses practical scenarios for sustainable human dwelling of our planet. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the first part introduces ¿global changes¿, describing how they are happening in reality, and the challenges arising from them. The second part introduces methodological approaches borrowed from various disciplines, such as engineering, management science, philosophy and theology, which can help deal with the contemporary challenges resulting from global changes. Lastly, the third part discusses some of the themes presented in the light of novel concepts, such as the Anthropocene, and includes interesting proposals and ideas about how human beings could dwell the Earth in this new age. Offering a comprehensive theoretical reflection on the relation between technology, environment and human beings, it also provides a practice-oriented guide for researchers and decision-makers working on a new ethical paradigm of acting in the Anthropocene.

  • by G Hanekamp, U Steger, W Achterberg, et al.
    £58.49

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