AAAS Science and Technology Policy Yearbook 2000

AAAS
SCIENCE
AND
TECHNOLOGY
POLICY
YEARBOOK
2001

 

Albert H. Teich
Stephen D. Nelson
Ceilia McEnaney
Stephen J. Lita
editors

American Association for the
Advancement of Science
2001

 
CONTENTS
(all chapters are in PDF format only; you may also download, as a package, all the chapters in each section and the introductions to the chapters by clicking on the section heading)
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  Preface
 

 

Part 1
The 2000 William D. Carey Lecture

1. The Wellspring of Discovery
Rita R. Colwell
 

 

Part 2
Science and Policy Classic

2. The Scientific Establishment
Don K. Price
 
Part 3
Technology's Impact on Society

3. Why the Future Doesn't Need Us
Bill Joy
4. A Response to Bill Joy and the Doom-and-Gloom Technofuturists
John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid
5. Not by Reason Alone
Michael L. Dertouzos
6. Nanotechnology and Societal Transformation
Michael M. Crow and Daniel Sarewitz
 
Part 4
The Year 2000 +- 25: Retrospective and Prospective Views of Science and Technology Policy

7. Fifty Years of Science and Technology Policy in Ten Minutes
Christopher T. Hill
8. Science and the Economy
William B. Bonvillian
9. A Prospective Look at Science and Technology Policy
Susan E. Cozzens
10. Linking Scientific Research to Societal Outcomes
Michael M. Crow
11. Why I Am Optimistic About the Future
Neal Lane
12. The Age of Transitions
Newt Gingrich
 

 

Part 5
Genetic Modification of Foods: The Public's Mistrust of Science, and Science's Misunderstanding of the Public
  Commentary
Maxine F. Singer
13. What is the Future of GMOs?
Nina V. Federoff
14. Frankenfood or Doubly Green Revolution: Europe vs. America on the GMO Debate
Julia A. Moore
15. Prospects for Agricultural Biotechnology -- A View from Industry
L. Val Giddings
16. The Importance of a Rigorous Regulatory Regime in Developing Public Trust
Carol Tucker Foreman
17. Improving Communication About New Food Technologies
David Greenberg and Mary Graham
18. Bioengineered Food -- Safety and Labeling
Karen A. Goldman
 
Part 6
Social, Economic, and Political Implications of Information Technologies
19. Technophilia.com
Robert J. Spinrad
20. Next Generation Internet, E-business and E-everything
Michael R. Nelson
21. From Digital Divide to Digital Opportunity
B. Keith Fulton
22. Prospects for Internet Policy Research
Brian Kahin
 
Part 7
Academic Science and Industrial Development
23. Technology Transfer and Academic Capitalism
Larry L. Leslie, Ronald L. Oaxaca and Gary Rhoades
24. The Entrepreneurial University
Lita Nelsen
25. Technology Transfer and Commercialization of University Performed Research: The Arizona Experience
Steven G. Zylstra
26. The Kept University
Eyal Press and Jennifer Washburn

Part 8
Do Medical Research and Technology Advances Really Lead to Improved Health Care?

27. Using Research to Guide Healthcare Decisions
Deborah A. Zarin
28. Medical Research, Technology, and Improved Health Care
Donald A. Young
29. The Future of Clinical Research: An AAMC Perspective
Roger Meyer
Index

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