Simulating the Academy: Toward Understanding Colleges and Universities as Dynamic Systems

JH Ausubel, R Herman, WF Massy, SV Massy. What Higher Education is Doing Right, W.F. Massy and J.W. Meyerson, eds., Princeton University 107–120 1997 120

…constituency, with media actions being illustrated with newspaper clippings or television stories. Public opinion also might be simulated as a single constituency; public opinion might drive regulatory decisions, and influence state funding decisions in game…

The Census of the Fishes: An Update

…notably diverse expertise and associations, endorsed it while considerably contributing to its definition. The workhops and consultations have suggested that three questions encapsulate the Census. What did live in the oceans? What does live…

Reasons to Worry About the Human Environment

JH Ausubel. Journal of the Cosmos Club of Washington D.C 8 (1): 12 1998 Republished in Technology in Society 21:217-231, 1999. 

…Crum, The Age Structure of the Corporate System, University of California, Berkeley, 1953. 38 – JH Ausubel, The Liberation of the Environment, Daedalus 125(3):I–17; JH Ausubel, Can Technology Spare the Earth?, American Scientist 84(2):166–178. 39…

The Environment for Future Business

JH Ausubel. Pollution Prevention Review 8 (1): 39–52 1998 This article has been republished in the journal Environmental Regulation and Permitting 9(2):251-62, 1999.

…Companies,” Technological Forecasting and Social Change 39:11-22. Ausubel, J.H., A. Gruebler, and N. Nakicenovic, 1988, “Carbon Dioxide Emissions in a Methane Economy,” Climatic Change 12(3): 245-263. Ausubel, J.H. and C. Marchetti, 1996, “Elektron: Electrical…

Elektron: Electrical Systems in Retrospect and Prospect

JH Ausubel, C Marchetti. Technological Trajectories and the Human Environment 110–134 1997 Also appeared in Daedalus 125(3):139-169, Summer 1996.

…electricity consumption will l ead to ultra-high voltage lines (for example, + 2 megavolts) with higher capacity (for example, 5 or 10 gigawatts) and continental range. The great advantage of continental and intercontinental connections is that…

The Environment Since 1970

JH Ausubel, DG Victor, IK Wernick. Consequences: The Nature and Implications of Environmental Change 1 (3): 2–15 1995

[NOTE This is a draft of a paper that has recently appeared (slightly modified) in the journal Consequences: The Nature and Implications of Environmental Change 1(3):2-15, 1995] A generation marks the average timespan between…

On Sparing Farmland and Spreading Forest

JH Ausubel. Forestry at the Great Divide: Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters 2001 Convention, Society of American Foresters, Bethesda MD 127–138 2002

…States, Colonial Times to 1970 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. GPO, 1975). U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1998, 118th edition(Washington, D.C., 1997). The rate of growth of world population peaked…

Energy and Environment: The Light Path

JH Ausubel. Energy Systems and Policy 15: 181–188 1991

…in energy policy. Bridge 17(3):15-21. MacDonald, G. J. F. 1990. The Future of methane as an energy resource. Annual Review of Energy 15:53-83. Marchetti, C. 1975. Transport and storage of energy: RR-75-038. Laxenburg, Austria: International Institute…

The Great Reversal: Nature’s Chance to Restore Land and Sea

JH Ausubel. Technology in Society 22: 289–302 2000

…(118th edition.) Washington, DC. [1] Ausubel JH. For a discussion covering energy, materials, and other aspects along with land use see The Liberation of the Environment. Daedalus 1996;125(3):1-17. [2] Waggoner PE, Ausubel JH, Wernick IK. Lightening…

Godfather – The Scientist

…godfather?” asked Don Gvishiani. Chapter 4 The first one to see Baxter enter the Schloss was Vivien Schimmel. She forgot her secretarial dignity for a moment and squealed “Frankie.” Then, she ran into his arms. He…