(Jerusalem Post) Amotz Asa-El - Most people are aware that the Jewish state has first-rate scientists who work in sterling research institutions; that Israel's hi-tech industry is among the world's most innovative; that Teva is a world-leading pharmaceutical locomotive; and that Israeli farming techniques are studied worldwide. What few realize is how much depth and variety of initiative, invention, and pioneering is behind such feats. How many know that the Pentium technology so many use routinely when turning on their computer is Israeli, or that all phone calls in China are routed through a system developed by Israel's ECI Telecom, or that the first anti-virus software was developed in Israel? What do most of us know about Israeli firms' contribution to such things as non-invasive surgery, miniature modems, signaling systems, and NASA's Spirit rover mission to Mars? How many of us know that Israeli-grown cows have the world's highest milk-production yields? Helen and Douglas Davis's Israel in the World: Changing Lives Through Innovation presents an integrative picture of a society bent on self-fulfillment and collective achievement against all odds.
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