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Article: Marrying Natural and Social Sciences for Mother Earth's Sake.
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- September 13, 2007
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Byline: Michigan State University
EAST LANSING, Mich., Sept. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- No one says marriage is easy -- but an international group of 16 natural scientists and social scientists, including three from Michigan State University, are saying the wedding of natural sciences and social sciences is called for.
For the first time, a paper published in the Sept. 14 edition of the journal Science synthesizes complex characteristics when humans and natural systems couple up, using six case studies from around the world. To understand the complex world and for good science to transform to good policy, specialization must ease up, according to the paper ...