Nature Yearbook of Science and Technology 2001

Name: Nature Yearbook of Science and Technology 2001
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ISBN: 9780312238421

ISBN-10: 0312238428

ISBN-13: 9780312238421

Edition: Revised

Authors: Declan Butler, Butler Declain

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From ocean drilling to leptons, asteroid showers to Malaria, and genetically modified food to Tyrannosaurus Sue, this is an annual yearbook for science and related communities. Carrying one of the most prestigious brands in science, this book provides a vast range of invaluable information for the serious scientist as well as the general reader. It contains a chronology of the year's major science news broken down by week, articles on science and society, facts and figures on science research, top institutes and scientists, funding, international organizations, annual prizes, and discussions of the commercial exploitation of science and technology. Additionally, there is a…

Book details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 8/25/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1500
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 2.50" tall
Weight: 4.180
Language: English

Preface	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xvii
Chronology	p. I
Millennium Insights	p. 11
Biology Enters the Post Genome Era	p. 13
Science and Society	p. 29
Waking Up to the Challenge of Neglected Killer Diseases	p. 51
Next Generation Scientific Computing	p. 79
Weapons of Mass Destruction Loom Over Millennium	p. 89
Nobels	p. 117
International Organizations	p. 123
Large Scientific Facilities	p. 277
Accelerator Facilities	p. 289
Astronomy Facilities	p. 301
Gravitational-Wave Detectors	p. 331
Fusion and Plasma Research Facilities	p. 334
Laser Facilities	p. 344
Neutrino Facilities	p. 345
Neutron Sources	p. 347
Research Reactors	p. 354
Synchrotron Radiation Facilities	p. 356
Country Guide	p. 375
Afghanistan	p. 377
Albania	p. 378
Algeria	p. 379
Andorra	p. 381
Angola	p. 383
Antigua And Barbuda	p. 385
Argentina	p. 387
Armenia	p. 392
Australia	p. 400
Austria	p. 464
Azerbaijan	p. 479
Bahamas	p. 482
Bahrain	p. 484
Bangladesh	p. 486
Barbados	p. 489
Belarus	p. 491
Belgium	p. 498
Belize	p. 509
Benin	p. 511
Bhutan	p. 513
Bolivia	p. 514
Bosnia And Herzegovina	p. 517
Botswana	p. 519
Brazil	p. 522
Brunei	p. 536
Bulgaria	p. 538
Burkina Faso	p. 546
Burundi	p. 549
Cambodia	p. 551
Cameroon	p. 553
Canada	p. 556
Cape Verde	p. 602
Central African Republic	p. 603
Chad	p. 605
Chile	p. 606
China	p. 610
Colombia	p. 702
Comoros	p. 710
Congo, Democratic Republic Of The	p. 711
Congo, Republic Of The	p. 713
Costa Rica	p. 715
Cote D'Ivoire	p. 718
Croatia	p. 720
Cuba	p. 733
Cyprus	p. 738
Czech Republic	p. 741
Denmark	p. 754
The Faroe Islands	p. 768
Djibouti	p. 770
Dominican Republic	p. 772
Ecuador	p. 774
Egypt	p. 776
El Salvador	p. 780
Equatorial Guinea	p. 782
Eritrea	p. 784
Estonia	p. 785
Ethiopia	p. 792
Fiji Islands	p. 794
Finland	p. 796
France	p. 804
Gabon	p. 839
The Gambia	p. 841
Georgia	p. 843
Germany	p. 850
Ghana	p. 918
Greece	p. 920
Grenada	p. 925
Guatemala	p. 927
Guinea	p. 929
Guinea-Bissau	p. 931
Guyana	p. 932
Haiti	p. 935
Honduras	p. 937
Hungary	p. 939
Iceland	p. 953
India	p. 959
Indonesia	p. 989
Iran	p. 993
Iraq	p. 996
Ireland	p. 998
Israel	p. 1012
Italy	p. 1034
Jamaica	p. 1047
Japan	p. 1051
Jordan	p. 1120
Kazakhstan	p. 1123
Kenya	p. 1125
Kiribati	p. 1129
Korea (South)	p. 1130
Kuwait	p. 1142
Kyrgyzstan	p. 1144
Laos	p. 1146
Latvia	p. 1148
Lebanon	p. 1152
Lesotho	p. 1154
Liberia	p. 1156
Libya	p. 1157
Liechtenstein	p. 1158
Lithuania	p. 1159
Luxembourg	p. 1162
Macedonia	p. 1165
Madagascar	p. 1167
Malawi	p. 1170
Malaysia	p. 1172
Maldives	p. 1177
Mali	p. 1180
Malta	p. 1182
Marshall Islands	p. 1184
Mauritania	p. 1185
Mauritius	p. 1187
Mexico	p. 1189
Micronesia	p. 1198
Moldova	p. 1199
Monaco	p. 1201
Mongolia	p. 1202
Morocco	p. 1204
Mozambique	p. 1208
Myanmar	p. 1210
Namibia	p. 1212
Nauru	p. 1215
Nepal	p. 1216
Netherlands	p. 1218
New Zealand	p. 1233
Nz Territories Overseas	p. 1250
Nicaragua	p. 1251
Niger	p. 1253
Nigeria	p. 1255
Norway	p. 1257
Oman	p. 1265
Pakistan	p. 1267
Palau	p. 1294
Panama	p. 1295
Papua New Guinea	p. 1297
Paraguay	p. 1299
Peru	p. 1301
Philippines	p. 1307
Poland	p. 1314
Portugal	p. 1332
Qatar	p. 1348
Romania	p. 1350
Russia	p. 1354
Rwanda	p. 1424
St. Kitts And Nevis	p. 1426
St. Lucia	p. 1428
St. Vincent And The Grenadines	p. 1429
Samoa	p. 1430
San Marino	p. 1431
Sao Tome E Principe	p. 1432
Saudi Arabia	p. 1433
Senegal	p. 1436
Seychelles	p. 1438
Sierra Leone	p. 1439
Singapore	p. 1440
Slovakia	p. 1447
Slovenia	p. 1449
Solomon Islands	p. 1453
Somalia	p. 1454
South Africa	p. 1455
Spain	p. 1478
Sri Lanka	p. 1507
Sudan	p. 1511
Suriname	p. 1513
Swaziland	p. 1514
Sweden	p. 1516
Switzerland	p. 1527
Syria	p. 1544
Tajikistan	p. 1546
Tanzania	p. 1548
Thailand	p. 1550
Togo	p. 1558
Tonga	p. 1560
Trinidad And Tobago	p. 1561
Tunisia	p. 1564
Turkey	p. 1566
Turkmenistan	p. 1572
Tuvalu	p. 1574
Uganda	p. 1575
Ukraine	p. 1578
United Arab Emirates	p. 1583
United Kingdom	p. 1585
Uk Overseas Territories	p. 1640
United States	p. 1641
Pacific Territory	p. 2013
Outlying Territory	p. 2013
Uruguay	p. 2014
Uzbekistan	p. 2017
Vanuatu	p. 2023
Vatican City State	p. 2025
Venezuela	p. 2026
Vietnam	p. 2030
Yemen	p. 2033
Yugoslavia	p. 2035
Zambia	p. 2039
Zimbabwe	p. 2044
Japan, The United States, And The European Union: An International Comparison	p. 2049
Obituaries (Nature)	p. 2061
Arthur James Cain (1921-99)	p. 2063
Guido Pontecorvo (1907-99)	p. 2065
Charles M. Steinberg (1932-99)	p. 2067
Thomas Hughes Jukes (1906-99)	p. 2069
Johannes A. van Paradijs (1946-99)	p. 2071
Olivier Kahn (1943-99)	p. 2073
Dennis Sciama (1926-99)	p. 2075
Paul Sigler (1934-2000)	p. 2077
Robert Rathbun Wilson (1914-2000)	p. 2079
George Ledyard Stebbins (1906-2000)	p. 2081
William Donald Hamilton (1936-2000)	p. 2083
Jane Gray (1929-2000)	p. 2085
Kent R. Wilson (1937-2000)	p. 2087
Seymour S. Kety (1915-2000)	p. 2089
W. David Kingery (1926-2000)	p. 2091
Elsie Widdowson (1906-2000)	p. 2093
Elvin A. Kabat (1914-2000)	p. 2095
Mark Oliphant (1901-2000)	p. 2097
Robert H. Abeles (1926-2000)	p. 2099
Daedalus By David Jones (Nature)	p. 2101
Appendices	p. 2115
Total RandD Expenditures at US Universities and Colleges: Fiscal Years 1991-1998 (National Science Foundation)	p. 2117
Worldwide Academic RandD Expenditures: Fiscal Year 1998 (National Science Foundation)	p. 2123
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