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Chemistry for Sustainable Technologies - A Foundation (Hardcover, Edition.)
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Chemistry for Sustainable Technologies - A Foundation (Hardcover, Edition.)
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The importance of reconciling the continuing needs of humankind
with the protection of the environment and the earth's ability to
provide for those needs is now better recognised. Chemistry and
chemical technology play an important role in this, though not on
their own. Interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity are,
therefore, critically important concepts. This book, the first of
its kind, provides an interdisciplinary introduction to
sustainability issues in the context of chemistry and chemical
technology. The prime objective of this book is to equip young
chemists (and others) to better appreciate, defend and promote the
role that chemistry and its practitioners play in moving towards a
society better able to control, manage and ameliorate its impact on
the ecosphere. To do this, it is necessary to set the ideas,
concepts, achievements and challenges of chemistry and its
application in the context of its environmental impact, past,
present and future, and the changes needed to bring about a more
sustainable yet equitable world. Covering aspects assumed, barely
addressed or neglected in previous publications - it puts Green
Chemistry in a much wider (historic, scientific, technological,
intellectual and societal) context and addresses complexities and
challenges associated with attitudes to science and technology,
media treatment of scientific and technological controversies and
difficulties in reconciling environmental protection and global
development. While the book stresses the central importance of
rigour in the collection and treatment of evidence and reason in
decision-making, to ensure that it meets the needs of a wide
community of students, it is broad in scope, rather than deep. It
is, therefore, appropriate to a wide audience including practising
scientists and technologists.
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