Chemical Glimpses of Paradise

Philip Bartlett Smith was an American Dutch experimental physicist He taught for eight years in Brazil as a McCarthy era exile, and later joined the University of Groningen as a Professor of Physics, where he remained until his retirement in 1988 He was a member of the Board of Pugwash Netherlands until 2003 He had a tense relationship with his native US, which he labelled The Holy American Empire and whose power policy he abhorred After his retirement he concentrated on the subjects of deep economics He was co editor with S.E Okay, J de Wilde and P Deshingkar of The World at the Crossroads Towards a sustainable, equitable and lovable Congress Challenges of Sustainable Development , Amsterdam, August 1996.