ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

In the preparation of the original manuscript, I am greatly indebted to Profs. Robert Ristinen and Charles Southwick for their critical reading and to Prof. Ulrich Muller-Herold, and Juliet Serenyi for their very helpful suggestions.

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Albert A. Bartlett is an Emeritus Professor of Physics

University of Colorado at Boulder (80309 - 0390):

(303) 492 - 7016 or (303) 492 - 6952: FAX (303) 492 - 3352; albert.bartlett@colorado.edu

Professor Bartlett lectures regularly to a wide variety of audiences from coast to coast on the topic "Arithmetic, Population, and Energy." In 30 years he has given this lecture over 1360 times. A one-hour videotape of this lecture is available from the

Department of Information Technology Services

University of Colorado at Boulder (80309 - 0379);

Contact Kathleen Albers, (303) 492 - 1857

Part One: Introduction & Overview
Part Two: Population, Environment & Pseudo Solutions
Part Three: Democracy, Economy & Trade
Part Four: Laws of Sustainability
Part Five: Where Do We Go From Here?
Acknowledgements & References

 

 

 


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