World Science Report 1993.

• Author: Fruchtbaum, Harold

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, 1993 278 pp. $40/FF220 ISBN 92-3-102938-X

World Science Report 1993, the first of a new series to be produced by UNESCO every other year, is an extraordinary achievement. UNESCO Director-General Frederico Mayor, educated as a biochemist, says in the preface: "The publication of any document which purports to be a comprehensive and up-to-date report on a subject as complex as science and technology is a hazardous exercise." Espedally difficult was the challenge to create a work that would be of interest to experts, as well as non-specialists, on the state of science worldwide. The challenge was met and the hazards overcome with clear writing and a well planned four-part...