01497nam a22001817a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005805000150007310000190008824501140010725000120022126000530023330000360028650000200032250509090034265000300125165000340128120210414114118.0120817t        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0072928158  aQ175.5.Ea7  aEaston, Thomas  aTaking sides: clashing views on controversial issues in science, technology, and society. /cThomas A. Easton  a3rd ed.  aGuilford, Conn. :  bDushkin/McGraw-Hill,c1998.  axxi, 360 p. : bill. ; c24 cm.  aIncludes index.  aContents: 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?.  aSciencex Social aspects.  aTechnologyx Social aspects.