Ciba Foundation Symposium - Man and His Future

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Ciba Foundation Symposium - Man and His Future

Editor(s): Gordon Wolstenholme

Published Online: 27 MAY 2008

Print ISBN: 9780470714799

Online ISBN: 9780470715291

DOI: 10.1002/9780470715291

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Advances in Bioceramics and Biotechnologies II, Ceramic Transactions, Voume 247

Roger Narayan and Joanna McKittrick, Editors; H. T. Lin, Volume Editor

A collection of papers from the below symposia held during the 10th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (PacRim10), June 2-7, 2013, in Coronado, California 2012:

  • Advances in Biomineralized Ceramics, Bioceramics, and Bioinspired Designs
  • Nanostructured Bioceramics and Ceramics for Biomedical Applications

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xvii)

    2. Chapter 1

      The Future of Man—Evolutionary Aspects (pages 1–22)

      Julian Huxley

    3. Chapter 2

      Agricultural Productivip in Relation to Population (pages 23–35)

      Colin Clark

    4. Chapter 3

      Sophisticated Diets and Man's Health (pages 36–56)

      J. F. Brock

    5. Chapter 4

      World Resources (pages 57–78)

    6. Chapter 5

      Control of Reproduction in Mammals (pages 79–90)

      Gregory Pincus

    7. Chapter 6

      The Sex—Ratio in Human Populations (pages 91–119)

      A. S. Parkes

    8. Chapter 7

      World Population (pages 120–131)

    9. Chapter 8

      Growth and Development of Social Groups (pages 120–131)

      Carleton S. Coon

    10. Chapter 9

      Man's Relationship to His Environment (pages 132–152)

      Artur Glikson

    11. Chapter 10

      Machines and Societies (pages 132–167)

      D. M. Mackay

    12. Chapter 11

      Sociological Aspects (pages 168–187)

    13. Chapter 12

      The Promise of Medical Science (pages 188–195)

      Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

    14. Chapter 13

      Future of Infectious and Malignant Diseases (pages 196–216)

      Hilary Koprowski

    15. Chapter 14

      Longeuity of Man and His Tissues (pages 217–229)

      Alex Comfort

    16. Chapter 15

      Health and Disease (pages 230–246)

    17. Chapter 16

      Genetic Progress by Voluntarily Conducted Germinal Choice (pages 247–262)

      Hermann J. Muller

    18. Chapter 17

      Biological Future of Man (pages 263–273)

      Joshua Lederberg

    19. Chapter 18

      Eugenics and Genetics (pages 274–298)

    20. Chapter 19

      Potentialities in the Control of Behaviour (pages 299–314)

      Hudson Hoagland

    21. Chapter 20

      Future of the Mind (pages 315–321)

      Brock Chisholm

    22. Chapter 21

      Future of the Mind (pages 322–336)

    23. Chapter 22

      Biological Possibilities for the Human Species in the Next Ten Thousand Years (pages 337–361)

      J. B. S. Haldane

    24. Chapter 23

      Ethical Considerations (pages 362–383)

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      Bibliography (pages 385–391)

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      Members of the Symposium (pages 392–400)

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      Index (pages 401–410)

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