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Can We Personally Influence the Future with Our Present Resources?

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  1. Department of Physics, Frankfurt University, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Claudius Gros

  2. Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, University of California, 92093, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

    Kay Hamacher

  3. Center for Evaluation (CEval), University of the Saarland, D-66123, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Wolfgang Meyer

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  1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    Vladimir Burdyuzha

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Gros, C., Hamacher, K., Meyer, W. (2006). Can We Personally Influence the Future with Our Present Resources?. In: Burdyuzha, V. (eds) The Future of Life and the Future of our Civilization. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4968-2_21

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