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Proceedings of the 45th Session of the International Seminars on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies held in Erice, Sicily. This Seminar has again gathered, in 2012, over one hundred scientists from 43 countries in an interdisciplinary effort that has been going on for the last 31 years, to examine and analyze planetary problems which had been followed up, all year long, by the World Federation of Scientists' Permanent Monitoring Panels.

Title International seminar on nuclear war and planetary emergencies : 45th session : the role of science in the third millennium : "E. Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy, 19-24 August 2012 / series editor and chairman, A. Zichichi
edited by R. Ragaini.
Publisher New Jersey : World Scientific
Creation Date [2013]
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
English
Content CONTENTS
Andrew J. Saykin Neuroimaging, Genetics and Biomarkers: New Windows into Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (Camera-Ready Contribution Not Available)
Bernardino Ghetti The Brain: from Leonardo to the Double Helix (Camera-Ready Contribution Not Available)
Hans Von Der Schmitt Frontier in Fast Computing (Camera-Ready Contribution Not Available)
Bernardino Ghetti Brain & Behaviour PMP (Camera-Ready Contribution Not Available)
SPECIAL SESSION: LECTIO MAGISTRALIS
Václav Klaus President of the Czech Republic The Manmade Contribution to Ongoing Global Warming is Not a Planetary EmergencyAlessandro Pagano Overcoming the Planetary Emergencies is Possible Because Science, Technology and Culture are Founded on Liberty, Right and Truth
1. OPENING SESSION
Antonino Zichichi Why Science is Needed for the Culture of the Third Millennium
THE CULTURE OF OUR TIME AND THE ONE NEEDED
I INTERACTIONS WITH ENVIRONMENT FROM BASIC QUANTITIES TO LIVING MATTER
II THE LOGIC OF OUR PROJECT
III THE FUNDS NEEDED AND THE STATUS OF THE PLANETARY EMERGENCIES
PLANETARY EMERGENCIESIV WHY THIS PROJECT
V OUR CREDENTIALS
ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE
ERICE PRIZE
SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAMME
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
Hamadoun I. Touré Cyber Resilience: The Essence of Cyber Peace
Lord John Alderdice Recent Developments in Terrorism
Antonio d'Ali Message from Senator Dr. Antonio d'Ali
2. MITIGATION OF TERRORIST ACTS
Richard L. Garwin Dose Thresholds for Evacuation following Explosion of an Improvised Nuclear Device or Radiological Dispersal Device
PRESENTATION
HOW REALISTIC IS "INFORMED EVACUATION" AND SHELTERING?EVACUATION IN RESPONSE TO AN RDD ATTACK?
SUMMARY
Friedrich Steinhäusler Gap Analysis of EU Counterterrorism Research Initiatives
EU COUNTERTERRORISM RESEARCH
MAJOR EU COUNTERTERRORISM RESEARCH PROJECTS
GAP ANALYSIS
THE WAY FORWARD
Frank von Hippel Preventing Nuclear-Explosive Terrorism by Eliminating Fissile Material: A Progress Report
GLOBAL STOCKS OF FISSILE MATERIAL
SECURING, CONSOLIDATING AND ELIMINATING NUCLEAR MATERIAL
REDUCING THE USE OF HEU AND SEPARATED PLUTONIUM FOR REACTOR FUEL
CONCLUSIONS
Ramamurti Rajaraman Public Perception of Nuclear Radiation: Its Importance for Nuclear Energy, RDD, Terrorism and Nuclear DisarmamentDIRTY BOMB AND PANIC AS THE WEAPON
NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAMS AND REACTOR ACCIDENTS
THEN CAME FUKUSHIMA
3. CLIMATE & CLIMATE ECONOMICS
Christopher Essex The Importance of Economics in the Framework of Climate Issues
Lord Nigel Lawson The Role of Science in the Third Millennium
Ross McKitrick A Simple State-Contingent Pricing Policy for Complex Intertemporal Externalities
INTRODUCTION
UNCERTAINTY AND INERTIA PROBLEMS IN CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION PRICING
DERIVATION OF THE STATE-CONTINGENT PRICING RULE
Series Science and culture series. Nuclear strategy and peace techology
Extent 1 online resource (x, 562 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Language English
Copyright Date �2013
National Library system number 997010708966905171
MARC RECORDS
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