Science & Technology Issues

Public policy and economic impact of defense and civilian technologies. Environmental hazards such as global warming, ozone layer and radiation. Health care benefits and costsof diagnostic methods and innovations like laser surgery. Government funding priorities for Star Wars, Supercollider, space station, science education and transportation.

TEXTBOOKS:

• The Turning Point, Fritjof Capra
• Chaos: Making a New Science, J. Gleick
• Multimedia sources from Clemons library

• "The Ethical Issues of Genetics" -- Maria L. Schweitzer
• "A General Discussion on Gene Therapy" -- Midori A. Baer
• "The Integration of Gene Therapy and Politics" -- Claudia Hanna
• untitled -- Dana Bauer
• "Terrorism: General Strategy and Technology" -- Aubrey Tucker
• "The Silent War: Open-Air Testing of Biological Agents in the United States" -- Laura Paskus
• "Using the WEB in the Elementary School Curriculum" -- Margaret A. Herr
• untitled -- Susan Rasmus
• "Entropy and Art: The Effects of Order and Disorder on Ontology" -- Ravi Shankar
• "Lasers in Surgery" -- Tricia Andrews
• "Jefferson's Virtual Village" -- Marcy Rofrano
• "Nuclear Terrorism" -- Christopher K. Mitchell
• "Chaos in Art and Literature" -- Matt Radigan
• "Virtual Reality" -- Amy Hutchens
• "RADIAL KERATOTOMY AND LASER KERATECTOMY: Fostering Clearer Vision for the Future" -- Maulik P. Parikh
• "Virtual Design" -- Lindsey C. Rose
• "Antiterrorism and America's Counterterrorist Initiatives" -- Thomas Bartsch
• "The Use of Infrared in Surveillance Systems" -- Erik Walker
• "FRACTALS: The Art of Chaos" -- Shana Teiq
• "Surveillance: Intelligence Organizations and Radio Transmitters" -- Ranjeev Giuliani
• "Space" -- Maryl Randel
• "Lasers: An Intriguing Feat of Man" -- Jay Shah
• "DNA: The Science of Probability" -- Shelley James
• "DNA: The Science of Probability" -- Chantal Abitbol
• "The State of Health in Russia Today" -- Sarah Lenti
• "Cold Fusion: Past, Present, and Future" -- Alexi R. Sadjadi

QUESTIONS? Send e-mail to John Ruvalds