Thomas J. McCarthy

ORGANOMETALLIC REACTIONS OF PLATINUM INVOLVING METALLIC HYDRIDES

Etude des reactions homogenes et heterogenes, dapres les reactions de complexes olefiniques de Pt

Overview of Policy Issues: Panel Report

THE CONCEPT THAT INDIVIDUAL scientists and engineers have a responsibility to society that goes beyond the integrity of their own work began to emerge first with the advent of the atomic bomb but has expanded rapidly in scope over the last decade. In a sense, this is a symptom of a more subtle process which perhaps also explains the remarkable ascendancy of the industrial democracies in modern times. It is indeed a remarkable fact that about 10 percent of the worlds population living in the industrial democracies has achieved a quality of life that has far surpassed that of other cvltures, many of which have existed for thousands of years. The Frenchman M. Revel recognized this many years ago, and pointed out that the opportunity for self-actualization in the industrial democracies has led to the emergence of two factors new to the world. One of these is the accumulation of a critical mass of educated people capable of communicating on a conceptual level. The second is the advent of instant communication (radio, television, and so forth) which allows very rapid interaction among them on any issue. Revel predicted that the combination would be explosive and that the resulting multiple forms of discussion and debate at many levels could change the world by the end of the twentieth century and create a degree of ethical understanding and sensitivity never seen before. A simplistic further breakdown of this stochastic* process of communication identifies four sequential steps: