Science and Technology for Development

by James Bryan Smith and James Smith

Book Overview

How can science realize its potential and help us tackle global inequality, environmental change and crippling poverty? How can more appropriate technologies be developed for those most in need? Science has long promised much -- new crops, new medicines, new sources of energy, new means of communication -- but the potential of new technologies has frequently bypassed the poorest people and the poorest countries.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848132018
• ISBN13: 9781848132016
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"