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ESSAYS ON THE FUTURE - SIEGFRIED HECKER GIAN-CA...

The present work represents a unique undertaking in scientific publishing to honor Nick
Metropolis  who passed away in October  1999. Nick was the last survivor of the Manhattan
Project that began during World War II in Los Alamos and later became the Los Alamos National
Laboratory. In this volume  some of the leading scientists and humanists of our time have
contributed essays related to their respective disciplines exploring various aspects of future
developments in science  technology  and society. Speculations on the future developments of
science and society  philosophy  national security  nuclear power  pure and applied mathematics
physics and biology  particle physics  computing  information science  among many others  are
included. Contributors include: H. Agnew * R. Ashenhurst * K. Baclawski * G. Baker * N. Balazs
* J.A. Freed * R. Hamming * M. Hawrylycz * O. Judd * D. Kleitman * M. Krieger * N. Krikorian *
P. Lax * J.D. Louck * T. Puck * M. Raju * R. Richtmyer * J. Schwartz * R. Sokolowski * E.
Teller * M. Waterman

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