Proceedings of a joint meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society held on Apr. 27-29, 2007, in Washington, D.C. "The public good: Knowledge as the Foundation for a Democratic Society is a project of the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands in partnership with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Energy choices and global warming / Richard A. Meserve, Ralph J. Cicerone, Charles O. Holliday, Jr. Introduction / Public good: knowledge as the foundation for a democratic society / Don Michael Randel -- Saturday panel discussions. Introduction / Richard S. Dunn -- Independence of the courts / Linda Greenhouse, Sandra Day O'Connor, Judith S. Kaye, Charles G. Geyh, Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC -- Religion and the Enlightenment / Martin E. Marty, Joyce Appleby, Mark A. Noll, James Carroll -- United States and the global economy / John S. Reed, Robert M. Solow, Pedro Aspe, Edward P. Lazear, Janet Yellen -- Media and society / Sharon Rockefeller, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Tom Brokaw, Gwen Ifill -- Saturday evening program. Celebrating knowledge. Welcome / Arlin Adams -- Introduction / Gerald Early -- Keynote address. White whale / E.L. Doctorow -- Readings / Rosanna Warren -- Public Good Award: James H. Billington, John Hope Franklin, Sandra Day O'Connor -- Sunday panel discussions. Introduction / Peter Nicholas -- Science, health, and an aging society / Harvey V. Fineberg, John Bongaarts, Lisa Berkman, John W. Rowe -- Energy choices and global warming / Richard A. Meserve, Ralph J. Cicerone, Charles O. Holliday, Jr.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)232956818
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)
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