"It [the book] illustrates broader dynamics that are highly relevant to .... the responsibilities of scientists to take better care of the futures they help bring about."
Greg - How about the responsibilities of humans to take better care of the futures they help bring about? Perhaps if this were attended to, scientists could then turn their attention to solving more mundane problems. >________________________________ > From: Andrew Lockley <[email protected]> >To: geoengineering <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2014 8:02 AM >Subject: [geo] 2 new books > > > >http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0691159475/ref=redir_mdp_mobile >Climate Shock: The Case for Preparing to Hack the Planet >Gernot Wagner >List Price:$26.95 >Format: Paperback >This title has not yet been released. >Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr >Publication date: December 1, 2014 >Language: English >ISBN-10: 0691159475 >http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0415732379/ref=redir_mdp_mobile >Experiment Earth: Responsible innovation in geoengineering (Earthscan Science >in Society) >Jack Stilgoe >RRP:£87.36 >Format: Hardcover >This title will be released on February 28, 2015. >About this item >Product Description >In recent years, experiments in geoengineering – intentionally manipulating >the Earth’s climate to reduce global warming – have become the focus of a >vital debate about the intended and unintended consequences of innovation, >raising profound social, political and ethical questions. >This book explores these issues through the lens of the research project SPICE >(Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering), one of the first >major geoengineering studies worldwide which aims to put particles high into >the atmosphere to cut the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth’s surface. >Drawing on three years of sociological research working with the scientists >investigating the idea of geoengineering, the book examines how experiments >become controversial and why many are calling for the scientific community and >civil society to rethink how we govern emerging technologies. It illustrates >broader dynamics that are highly relevant to wider debates on science and >technology governance and the responsibilities of scientists to take better >care of the futures they help bring about. >This book takes a critical stance on existing assumptions about ethical issues >in science, giving students, researchers and the general reader interested in >the place of science in contemporary society a compelling framework for future >thinking and discussion. >About the Author >Jack Stilgoe is a lecturer in the Department of Science and Technology Studies >at University College London, UK. -- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"geoengineering" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to [email protected]. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
