ONE WORLD: The Health and Survival of the Human Species in the 21st Century

by Robert Lanza

Coming from someone who is interested in public health, but not in the field, One World offers an awakening perspective from global leaders. Jimmy Carter offers his action-oriented suggestions, and the diverse contributors' (from Mann to Salk to Sagan) examinations of health, disease, and a world view are a beneficial read for many audiences. This is an enormous project which offers a view of the planet's future through the eyes of dozens of the world's best and brightest minds.

* Carl Sagan, David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences at Cornell University;
* Luc Montagnier, Discoverer of the AIDS Virus;
* Jonas Salk, Founder of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies; Developed the Polio Vaccine;
* Linus Pauling, Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry;
* Christiaan Barnard, Emeritus Professor of Surgical Science at the University of Cape Town; Performed the World's First Human Heart Transplant;
* C. Everett Koop, Former Surgeon General of the United States;
* Sir Michael Atiyah, President of the Royal Society;
* Priscilla Kincaid-Smith, President of the World Medical Association and President of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians;
* Robert Gallo, Chief of Tumor Cell Biology National Cancer Institute and Adjunct Professor of Genetics at George Washington University;
* Jonathan Mann, Director of the International AIDS Center, Director of the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University; and Founding Director of the World Health Organization's Program on AIDS;
* Federico Mayor, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization;
* James Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies;
* Paul Johnston, Ruth Stringer, and David Santillo for Greenpeace International;
* Lynn Goldman, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;
* The Honorable Maurice Strong, Secretary-General of the 1992 U.N. Conference on Environmental and Development; and
* W. Harding le Riche, Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Toronto.

325 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 1995

About the author

ROBERT LANZA, MD, is one of the most respected scientists in the world. He is head of Astellas Global Regenerative Medicine, Chief Scientific Officer of the Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and adjunct professor at Wake Forest School of Medicine. TIME magazine recognized him as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World,” and Prospect magazine named him one of the Top 50 “World Thinkers” in 2015. He is credited with several hundred publications and inventions, and more than 30 scientific books, including the definitive references in the field of stem cells and regenerative medicine. A former Fulbright Scholar, he studied with polio pioneer Jonas Salk and Nobel Laureates Gerald Edelman and Rodney Porter. Lanza was part of the team that cloned the world’s first human embryo, as well as the first to successfully generate stem cells from adults using somatic-cell nuclear transfer (therapeutic cloning).