The Europaische Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich-techni scher Entwicklungen Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler GmbH (european academy) is con cerned with the scientific study of the consequences of scientific and technological advance for the individual and social life and for the natural environment. The main focus is to examine foreseeable mid-and long-term processes that are especially influenced by natural-and engineering sciences and the medical disciplines. The academy fulfills this task by organizing interdisciplinary expert discussions. Another important issue of the work of the Europaische Akademie concerns the methodology of Technology Assessment as a general issue. This is the main reason that the european academy organized during the past two years a project funded by the European Commission on Technology Assessment. Methods and Impact (TAMI). Together with partners from all over Europe a common understanding of what Tech nology Assessment (TA) is supposed to do was developed. Most importantly it was acknowledged that the core of any TA activity has to be a sound scientific under standing of the relevant phenomena. Communication then is of cordial importance to reach the relevant decision makers as well as the general public. It is true that this phase of the TA process has been treated with too little attention for many years. The communication processes between scientific advisers and policy makers have hence to be further scrutinized."

The Europaische Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen wissenschaftlich-techni scher Entwicklungen Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler GmbH (european academy) is con cerned with the scientific study of the consequences of scientific and technological advance for the individual and social life and for the natural environment. The main focus is to examine foreseeable mid-and long-term processes that are especially influenced by natural-and engineering sciences and the medical disciplines. The academy fulfills this task by organizing interdisciplinary expert discussions. Another important issue of the work of the Europaische Akademie concerns the methodology of Technology Assessment as a general issue. This is the main reason that the european academy organized during the past two years a project funded by the European Commission on Technology Assessment. Methods and Impact (TAMI). Together with partners from all over Europe a common understanding of what Tech nology Assessment (TA) is supposed to do was developed. Most importantly it was acknowledged that the core of any TA activity has to be a sound scientific under standing of the relevant phenomena. Communication then is of cordial importance to reach the relevant decision makers as well as the general public. It is true that this phase of the TA process has been treated with too little attention for many years. The communication processes between scientific advisers and policy makers have hence to be further scrutinized."

Chemistry ot Organic Compounds von CARL R. NOLLER, Professor der Chemie an der Stanford University, erschien bei W. B. Saunders Company in erster Auf lage 1951. N ach mehreren N eudrucken wurde 1957 eine zweite Auflage veranstaltet, die inzwischen auch schon mehrmals nachgedruckt worden ist. Dieses Lehrbuch bietet in systematischem Aufbau das wichtigste Tatsachen material der organischen Chemie. Zugleich fiihrt es - und darauf kam es dem Verfasser sehr wesentlich an - in leichtverstandlicher Weise in die heutigen Vorstellungen iiber die Mechanismen organischer Reaktionen und die Krafte, die die chemischen und physikalischen Eigenschaften organischer Verbindungen bedingen, ein. Es bedeutet fiir den Studierenden eine schatzbare Gedachtnis hilfe, wenn, wie es in diesem Buche geschieht, die bedeutende Zahl von Tatsachen, die er sich merken muB, iiberall im Zusammenhang mit der geltenden Theorie dargeboten und durch sie erkHirt wird. Im Streben nach Verstandlichkeit, ins besondere mit Riicksicht auf Vorbildung und spezielle Bediirfnisse des Organikers, hat sich der Verfasser meist auf eine qualitative Darlegung der Theorie be schrankt, selbst auf die Gefahr hin, daB das Gesagte quantitativ nicht streng giiltig ist. NOLLERS Lehrbuch erfreut sich in den angelsachsischen Landern eines un gewahnlichen Erfolges. Es wird an einer wachsenden Zahl von amerikanischen Universitaten offiziell der Ausbildung in organischer Chemie zugrunde gelegt. Aber schon die Originalausgabe hat auch in Europa viele Freunde gefunden; an einer deutschsprachigen Universitat wird sie dem angehenden Organiker sogar in erster Linie zum Studium empfohlen."

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