Science And Technion: A Selection Of Major Essays On Science And Society

by Bern Dibner (editor)

American Technion Society (New York) Hardcover Quarto, brown leather with gold titles and decorative stamping, viii, 181 pp., b/w portraits by John Maximus. Hardbound. Preface by Dibner. Articles are "The Role of Science," Chaim Weizmann, An Elementary Derivation of the Equivalence of Mass and Energy," Albert Einstein, "Mathematics and Natural Philosophy," Niels Bohr, "Meaning of the Atromic Age," I.I. Rabi, "The State of the Primitive Earth," Harold C. Urey, "Photosynthesis," James Franck, "Antibiotics and Chemotheraphy," Selman A. Waksman, "Israel and the Mission of Science," David Ben Gurion, "Education for Responsibility," James R. Killian, Jr., "Swords into Plowshares," Arthur H. Compton, "Science and Religion," Robert A. Millikan, "In the Shadow of the A-Bomb," William L. Laurence, "Hope for the Middle East," Walter C. Lowdermilk, "Citadel of Israel"s Future," Yaacov Dori, "Nuclear Power and the Navy," Hyman G. Rickover, "The Past as a Guide to the Morrow," David Sarnoff, "Aerodynamic Heating," Theodore von Karman, "Application of Atomic Energy," Philip Sporn. Epilogue by David Rose.

188 pages, Paperback

Published June 9, 2012