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Taking sides: clashing views on controversial issues in science, technology, and society. / Thomas A. Easton

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Guilford, Conn. : Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, 1998.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxi, 360 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0072928158
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Q175.5.Ea7
Contents:
Contents: Should the federal government point the way for science? -- Is science a faith? -- Should the theory of evolution be replaced by creationism? -- Will future generations have enough to eat? -- Should society be concerned about global warming? -- Is ozone depletion a geniune threat? --Are electromagnetic fields dangerous to your health? -- Are environmental regulations too restrictive? -- Should the goals of the U.S. space progeam include manned exploration of space? -- Is it worthwhile to continue the search for extraterrestrial life? -- Should genetic engineering be banned? -- Will the information revolution benefit society? -- Are computers hazardous to literacy? -- Will it be possible to build a computer that can think? -- Is the use of animals in research justified? -- Is it ethical to use humans as ''experimental animals''? -- Is it ethically permissible to clone human beings?.
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Includes index.

Contents: Should the federal government point the way for science? -- Is science a faith? -- Should the theory of evolution be replaced by creationism? -- Will future generations have enough to eat? -- Should society be concerned about global warming? -- Is ozone depletion a geniune threat? --Are electromagnetic fields dangerous to your health? -- Are environmental regulations too restrictive? -- Should the goals of the U.S. space progeam include manned exploration of space? -- Is it worthwhile to continue the search for extraterrestrial life? -- Should genetic engineering be banned? -- Will the information revolution benefit society? -- Are computers hazardous to literacy? -- Will it be possible to build a computer that can think? -- Is the use of animals in research justified? -- Is it ethical to use humans as ''experimental animals''? -- Is it ethically permissible to clone human beings?.

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