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100			_aEaston, Thomas
245			_aTaking sides: clashing views on controversial issues in science, technology, and society. / _cThomas A. Easton
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aGuilford, Conn. : _bDushkin/McGraw-Hill, _c1998.
300			_axxi, 360 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505			_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?.
650			_aScience _x Social aspects.
650			_aTechnology _x Social aspects.
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