Man and his future [electronic resource] / edited by Gordon Wolstenholme.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via Wiley)
Corporate Author: Ciba Foundation
Other Authors: Wolstenholme, G. E. W. (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : J. & A. Churchill, 1963.
Series:Ciba Foundation symposium.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The future of man: evolutionary aspects / Sir Julian Huxley
  • Agricultural productivity in relation to population / Colin Clark
  • Sophisticated diets and man's health / John F. Brock
  • World resources
  • Control of reproduction in mammals / Gregory Pincus
  • The sex-ratio in human populations / Alan S. Parkes
  • World population
  • Growth and development of social groups / Carleton S. Coon
  • Man's relationship to his environment / Artur Glikson
  • Machines and societies / Donald M. MacKay
  • Sociological aspects
  • The promise of medical science / Albert Szent-Györgyi
  • Future of infectious and malignant diseases / Hilary Koprowski
  • Longevity of man and his tissues / Alex Comfort
  • Health and disease
  • Genetic progress by voluntarily conducted germinal choice / Hermann J. Muller
  • Biological future of man / Joshua Lederberg
  • Eugenics and genetics
  • Potentialities in the control of behaviour / Hudson Hoagland
  • Future of the mind / Brock Chisholm
  • Future of the mind
  • Biological possibilities for the human species in the next ten thousand years / J.B.S. Haldane
  • Ethical considerations.