This Gifted Age: Science and Technology at the Millennium

ISBN-13: 9781563961298 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 346 str.

John H. Gibbons

Opis

This is a collection of articles, lectures, and essays by a prominent American figure in science and science/technology policy - John Gibbons, who since 1992 has been Science Advisor to the President of the USA. From energy conservation to biotechnology to supercolliders to information technology, the text examines the complexities, conflicts, and compromises inherent in the interactions of science, technology, and government. Throughout these writings, which combine political and social insights with personal reflections, the reader is challenged to envision how we can continue to improve the world's quality of life while ensuring that quality can be maintained for the generations who will follow. It is intended for the general reader interested in science and the relationship between science and government, as well as physicists, science historians, engineers, and environmentalists.

Spis treści

Part One: 1972-1992: Energy, Environment, Science, and Society; Physics Looks at Waste Management with David J. Rose and William Fulkerson; The Growth of Energy Demand: Can We Cool It?; The Role of Conservation in the Changing Economics of Energy with Roger W. Sant; Crisis and Opportunity; Environmental Implications of Nontechnological Methods to Conserve Energy; U.S. Energy Demand: Some Low Energy Futures; A National Energy Conservation Policy with William U. Chandler; Whose Path, Whose Ox?; Global Trends in Population; Reflections on Fifteen Years of Energy Policy; Technology and Governance with Holly L. Gin; Energy Efficiency: Its Potential and Limits to the Year 2000 with Peter D. Blair; The Federal Government's Role in Advancing Technology; Governing in a Technology-Driven Age: Progress and Problems; Moving Beyond the "Tech Fix". Part Two: 1992- Present: On Becoming Science Advisor to the President; A National Technology Strategy; The Superconducting Supercollider; Conservation and Progress; The Clinton Administration's Science and Technology Policy; Grace or Good Works? Reformation of Science and Technology in the 1990's; Biotechnology: Opportunity and Challenge; National