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The Sun, The Genome, and The Internet: Tools of Scientific Revolution (Nypl/Oup Lectures) (1999) (edit title/settings)

by Freeman Dyson (Author) (edit contributors)

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A forecast of the future in genetics, solar technology, and engineering, asserting that these three technologies will create a more even distribution of the world's wealth. Discusses the ethical uses of science with conviction, a challenge to use new technologies to close the gap between the... read more

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John Randall was in 1939 a thirty-four-year-old English physicist who had made an undistinguished career in solid-state physics.

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  1. Freeman Dyson (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0195129423
Page Count: 144

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