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Jean-Marie Lehn
Jean-Marie Lehn, a Nobel laureate in Chemistry in 1987, is Professor of Сhemistry, University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg and Professor of Molecular Сhemistry, College de France, Paris.
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Science under Siege
Jean-Marie Lehn Series: Science and Society 2002-04-04Three centuries after the Enlightenment first linked human freedom with the progress of science and technology, both are under growing attack--despite their spectacular triumphs. Fundamental discoveries about nature expanded our creative power over the structure and transformations of the inanimate and living world. Breakthroughs in physics and chemistry enabled the extraordinary development of electronics and materials that dramatically shortened time and distance, ushering in an information age of fast, secure communication and transport. Advances in biological sciences and technologies, meanwhile, are increasing our ability to control disease and aging, boost food production, and manage pollution. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 11244
