Science and the environment: A new enlightenment

Science and Public Affairs (Spring 1997):50-56 (1997)
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Nicholas Maxwell believes that while we have developed an excellent way of learning about the nature of the universe, we have so far failed in our attempts to apply this method to create a civilized world.

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