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001 2014035845
003 DLC
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008 140909s2015 ne ab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014035845
020 $a9780127999357 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aQE40$b.G375 2015
082 00 $a174/.955$223
245 00 $aGeoethics :$bethical challenges and case studies in earth sciences /$cMax Wyss, International Centre for Earth, Simulation, Geneva, Switzerland, Silvia Peppoloni, INGV-Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy; IAPG-International Association for Promoting Geoethics, Rome, Italy.
264 1 $aAmsterdam ;$aBoston :$bElsevier,$c[2015]
300 $axxii, 425 pages :$billustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a"The time for a first book on Geoethics has come. The faster, greedier pace of society and globalization demands it. The comfortable life of scholars in the ivory tower is coming to a rude awakening. People demand understandable information on geo-hazards, judges condemn scientist and engineers for lack of communication, indigenous people rise in anger accusing experts of misleading them, attempts to avoid transparency in developments still exist, the helplessness of technology to deal with nuclear waste becomes more evident every day and nature exposes shortcuts in constructing critical facilities with her own awesome force. Less dramatic, but damaging the credibility of the scientific community is the rising number of cases of plagiarism, made easy by the electronic world of communication. In addition, the community of geoscientists needs to become aware of subtle ways in which our work can be useless for or even misleading the public"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aGeology$xResearch$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aGeophysics$xResearch$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aResearch$xMoral and ethical aspects$vCase studies.
700 1 $aWyss, Max,$d1939-$eeditor.
700 1 $aPeppoloni, Silvia,$eeditor.