Responsible science
Subtitle: the impact of technology on society
By: Nobel Conference XXI ; Merritt Roe Smith ... [et al.] ; edited by Kevin B. Byrne.
Contributors: Smith, Merritt Roe, 1940-; Byrne, Kevin B.; Gustavus Adolphus College.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1986
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Technology -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Papers presented at the 21st Nobel Conference organized by and held at the Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, 1985.
Table of contents: title: Technology, industrialization, and the idea of progress in America / Merritt Roe Smith; title: Genetic progress and religious authority / Daniel J. Kevles; title: The single artificer / Salvador E. Juria; title: The impact of biotechnology and the future of agriculture / Winston J. Brill; title: Mechanistic mischief and the dualistic dangers in a scientific society / J. Robert Nelson.