The public good : knowledge as the foundation for a democratic society.
On April 27-29, 2007, in Washington, DC, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society held a historical joint meeting: a celebration of Knowledge as the Foundation for a Democratic Society. Members of the National Academies (the National Academy of Sciences, the N...
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Cambridge, MA :
American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
[2008]
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Table of Contents:
- Convocation of the Academies / Leslie Berlowitz [and others]
- Keynote address. The public good : knowledge as the foundation for a democratic society / Don Michael Randel
- Saturday panel discussions. Introduction / Richard S. Dunn
- The independence of the courts / Linda Greenhouse, Sandra Day O'Connor, Judith S. Kaye, Charles G. Geyh, Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC
- Religion and the enlightenment / Martin E. Marty, Joyce Appleby, Mark A. Noll, James Carroll
- The United States and the global economy / John S. Reed, Robert M. Solow, Pedro Aspe, Edward P. Lazear, Janet Yellen
- The media and society / Sharon Rockefeller, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Tom Brokaw, Gwen Ifill
- Saturday evening program. Celebrating knowledge. Welcome / Arlin Adams
- Introduction / Gerald Early
- Keynote address. The white whale / E.L. Doctorow
- Readings / Rosanna Warren
- The Public Good Award : James H. Billington, John Hope Franklin, Sandra Day O'Connor
- Sunday panel discussions. Introduction / Peter Nicholas
- Science, health, and an aging society / Harvey V. Fineberg, John Bongaarts, Lisa Berkman, John W. Rowe
- Energy choices and global warming / Richard A. Meserve, Ralph J. Cicerone, Charles O. Holliday, Jr.