SCIENCE BEYOND BORDERS
Shailesh Nayak, Dinesh K Srivastava, V S Ramamurthy, et al.
World Scientific Publishing Company 
Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik / Physik, Astronomie
Beschreibung
International collaboration in basic sciences allows researchers from different countries to pool their expertise, knowledge, and resources. This combined effort tackles complex scientific challenges that might be beyond the intellectual, technical, and financial capabilities of a single nation. It fosters the sharing of data and ideas, accelerates scientific progress and leads to breakthroughs that benefit all of humanity.
This was established in tackling COVID-19; establishment of CERN; building of LHC, ITER, FAIR, LIGO, SKA, TMT, scores of terrestrial and space telescopes, International Space Station; Space Missions; discovery of Higgs boson; discovery of gravitational waves; green revolution; understanding of weather and monsoon in a rapidly warming world; and spread of modern technology and education across the world, etc.
The most challenging problem facing the world now is climate change, which can only be solved if every nation cooperates and contributes to mitigation measures and research outlined by scientists from across the world. This presents us with a huge existential challenge, which can only be met when each one of us contributes to the spirit of the entire world being one family, and with the conviction of futility of conflict.
If we fail to rise to the occasion, our very survival on this planet would become extremely difficult and near impossible. This book will be of interest to science policymakers in industry or government, as well as laypersons interested in the history of science, cosmology, particle physics or scientific collaborations.
Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- About the Authors
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Celebrating Sharing of Knowledge and Collaboration
- Migration of Birds Across the Nations
- Coffee and Tea: The Beverages Over Which Knowledge is Exchanged
- Paper: The Vehicle for Sharing Knowledge
- Green Revolution: Feeding the Increasing Population
- Iron and Steel: The Metals That Built the World
- Education and Transmission of Knowledge
- Where No One Has Gone Before: Space Exploration
- CERN: Hazaran Blbul — The Nightingale of a Thousand Songs
- ITER: The Way
- International Centre for Theoretical Physics
- Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research
- Astronomy
- The Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System
- Weather and Climate: Meteorology
- The Arctic and Antarctica
- Collaboration Among Animals and Birds
- Basic Sciences: Competition, Cooperation, Collaboration, Conflict, and Communication
- Science Diplomacy: Emerging World Order, Impending Tech War, and Challenges to Science Diplomacy
- Epilogue
- Index
Readership: Researchers in the basic sciences, especially physicists, as well as cosmologists and particle physicists. Will also be of interest to science policymakers in industry or government, as well as laypersons interested in history of science, cosmology, particle physics or scientific collaborations.
| (born 1952) is presently Indian National Science Academy Senior Scientist and Honorary Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru. He started working at the Variable Energy Project of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in 1971 and retired as Director and Distinguished Scientist at the Variable Energy Cyclotron Center, Kolkata in 2016. Later, he continued there as Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Raja Ramanna Fellow until 2019. He worked at National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru as a Homi Bhabha Chair Professor, during 2019–2023. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India, and the Indian National Science Academy, as well as President of the Indian Physical Society since 2014. Among his publications, he has authored two collections of short stories and, more recently, three books of children's literature in science. He has also co-authored two books with World Scientific. |
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| is the Dean of the School of Conflict and Security Studies at NIAS. Within the School, he heads two Programmes — Science, Technology and International Relations (STIR) and Conflict Resolution & Peace Research. The STIR programme looks at Science and Technology through an International Relations prism and vice versa. Within the STIR, the special focus is on Space, Maritime, Emerging Technologies, AI and Cyber. As a part of STIR activities, he leads the 'Science Diplomacy' initiative within the institute, aimed at bringing S&T and International Relations together. He also coordinates the BRICS-Young Scientists' Forum. He holds exclusive track-two dialogues with a special focus on S&T with specific countries from Europe to East Asia. He also coordinates the NIAS Global Politics initiative, which looks at the contemporary world order, and four area studies — Pakistan, Europe, Africa and Maritime. In the long run, the area studies are expected to branch out into independent disciplines. He also teaches an online course on 'Contemporary World Affairs.' |
'This remarkable and timely book illuminates what would be lost if humanity retreated from the wide-ranging network of scientific collaborations that has been built since the end of World War II and the emergence of many countries from colonization, and which contributed so much to improving the lives of billions of people. It belongs on the reading list for all those whose cooperation is needed to sustain and extend this network: teachers and scholars, politicians, journalists, and economists, as well as the educated public at large. The text is full of inspiring examples and illuminating narratives drawn from a wide range of cultures, which assures that any reader will come away from it with new insights and a deeper appreciation for 'science beyond borders'.' - Berndt Mueller James B Duke Distinguished Professor of Physics, Duke University
