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Global Problems and Energy

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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ((BSPS,volume 46))

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Global problems are problems which must be solved on a global scale. Already in ancient times such problems were described in artistic and religious books; they were, for example, The Last Judgement, The Universal Flood.

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Kapitza, P.L. (1980). Global Problems and Energy. In: Experiment, Theory, Practice. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 46. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8977-1_42

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