Scientific American (September, 2005)

Scientific American

September 2005 Scientific American Special Issue. Crossroads for Planet Earth

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Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Table of Contents……Page 2
SA Perspectives: Science at the Crossroads……Page 4
On the Web……Page 5
Letters to the Editors……Page 6
50, 100 and 150 Years Ago……Page 8
News Scan……Page 9
Skeptic: Rumsfeld’s Wisdom……Page 21
Insights: A Proposition for Stem Cells……Page 22
The Climax of Humanity……Page 24
Human Population Grows Up……Page 28
Can Extreme Poverty Be Eliminated?……Page 36
Sustaining the Variety of Life……Page 46
More Profit with Less Carbon……Page 54
The Big Potential of Small Farms……Page 64
Public Health in Transition……Page 72
Economics in a Full World……Page 80
How Should We Set Priorities?……Page 88
Working Knowledge: Private and Cool……Page 96
Reviews: Everything That Isn’t Nature……Page 98
Anti Gravity: Go Fourth……Page 101
Ask the Experts……Page 102