Making One World Of Science

摘要

Twas, The academy of sciences for the developing world, Celebrates its 25th anniversary in Mexico City next month. When the academy was first established, a great divide existed between the science-rich North and the science-poor South. A quarter-century later, advances in biology, materials science, and information and communications technologies, among other fields, have further split the global scientific community into three worlds: the North, the surging South, and the stagnant South. The global community now faces the critical challenge of preventing lagging countries from falling even farther behind.