Battleground science and technology
By: edited by Sal Restivo and Peter H. Denton ; Elizabeth Shea, Consulting editor.
Contributors: Restivo, Sal P.; Denton, Peter H., 1959-
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780313341649
Subjects: Science -- Social aspects -- North America; Science -- Technological innovations -- Environmental aspects -- North America; Science -- North America
Description: The modern world is filled with debate and controversy, and science and technology - the most characteristic features of the modern world - are not immune. Science and technology are implicated in many if not all of the issues, troubles, and problems students are likely to come across in their classes and in their everyday lives. Science and technology serve as a primary pathway to understanding front page headlines on everything from war to AIDS, and from oil exploration to global warming. Battleground: Science and Technology examines the most hot-button issues involving science and technology and provides a balanced assessment of the arguments on all sides of the often strident debates. - Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.