I am Leon Lederman. For many years I taught physics to liberal arts students at another institution in Chicago, and that led me to a path which brings us to this conference this morning. Our world is witnessing an impressive leap in technology.
Technology is derived from scientific knowledge, a base that's growing rapidly.
And the two, science and technology, are linked. Science begets technology, and the ability to use technology empowers science to beget more science which begets more technology. And all of this technology has some impact on society, obviously. The connection between science and technology is not only the intellectual connection of how things work, but technology generates wealth, and without the wealth generated by technology, scientific research wouldn't be affordable. The influence of both science and technology on human activities and, of course, then on law, goes back many centuries.