---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joám Evans Pim <[email protected]> Date: Mon, May 23, 2011 at 10:49 PM Subject: "Engineering Nonkilling" book now available To: Joám Evans <[email protected]> Dear Research Committee Member, The Center for Global Nonkilling is proud to announce the release of its latest book "Engineering Nonkilling: Scientific Responsibility and the Advancement of Killing-Free Societies", featuring chapters by Antonino Drago, David Haws, Usman Mushtaq, Amir Nosrat, W. Richard Bowen, Vivek Patkar, David Wagner, Ubiratan D’Ambrosio, Benjamin Kuipers and Balwant Bhaneja, from our Nonkilling Science and Technology Research Committee. This new volume raises an important question: what kind of science and applications needs to be engineered to work towards a killing-free world? Bringing forward a nonkilling approach to problem-solving, the diverse chapters provide insights into practice of engineering, mathematics, and physics, but are extensible to other sciences, pointing to the potential scope of new research agenda that could benefit from focusing on interplay between science, ethics, philosophy, politics, and human nature. As the reader will realize, the nonkilling vision of this book goes far beyond the normative stand of rejecting killing. It implies the constructive engagement in societal transformation, where all fields of knowledge need to be thoughtfully applied. The book can be download for free in PDF at the usual link: http://nonkilling.org/node/18 Paperback copies can also be ordered at US$ 10 following the link from the previous site or directly from: http://www.lulu.com/product/15818475 All CGNK materials are released under a Create Commons licence and we welcome wide distribution, so please share this new with colleagues and students. We also encourage you to feature this and other relevant CGNK publications in your course syllabi and to consider the possibility of preparing reviews for journals and websites. Thank you for your interest and kindness. Best wishes, Joám Evans Pim Research, Global Team Leader Center for Global Nonkilling (CGNK) P.O. Box 12232, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96828 http://www.nonkilling.org Board member, Brazilian Institute for Nonkilling Rua Uruguai, 472, Apt. 1002, Itajaí/SC, Brazil http://www.naomatar.org "Die if you must, but never kill." Marechal (General) Cândido Rondon (1865-1958) -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens