Overview
- Focuses on different aspects of our living together such as the role of technology, economics, the neurosciences, climate, education, etc.
- Includes contributions from leading scientists including the Nobel Laureates Yuan T. Lee and Martin L. Perl
- Includes presentations from world leaders from science, technology, economics, politics and society from the eighth and ninth Olympiads of the Mind
- Dedicated to Dr. Epimenides Haidemenakis, Emeritus Founder of STEPS and The Olympiads of the Mind
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Diversity and Integration
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The Brain’s Trust
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Education and Culture
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About this book
This book is devoted to the issue of how we can learn to live together in the face of division and conflict. It is dedicated to the life and work of a remarkable human being, Dr Epimenidis Haidemenakis, scientist, statesman, visionary leader, President Emeritus of the International S.T.E.P.S. Foundation and founding father of The Olympiads of the Mind (OM). The monograph consists of a collection of papers presented at the 8th and 9th Olympiads of the Mind held in Washington, DC and Chania, Crete respectively. Distinguished international scholars, government and corporate representatives, leading researchers and academics from multiple disciplines and Nobel Laureates Leon Lederman (Physics, 1988), Martin Perl (Physics, 1995) and Yuan T. Lee (Chemistry, 1986) address a broad range of issues all with the aim of improving the human condition and achieving cooperation among the people of the world. The topics include the environment, sustainability andsecurity; diversity and how to achieve integration and peace among people in a fractured world; the important role of brain research; how to overcome poverty and inequality; how to enhance creativity and improve education at all levels; and how new technologies and tools can be used for common benefit. The culmination of the book is a call to action, to join what one might call the “OM Movement”—bringing the best minds in the world together to create solutions to world issues so that we can all live together in harmony.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Learning To Live Together: Promoting Social Harmony
Editors: J. A. Scott Kelso
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90659-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90658-4Published: 12 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08068-6Published: 22 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90659-1Published: 30 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 234
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quality of Life Research, International Relations, Complexity, Environmental Economics, Environmental Politics, Neurosciences