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ISBN
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9780313341649
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Technology & Engineering, Science
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Publication Name
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Battleground: Science and Technology [2 Volumes]
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Publisher
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Bloomsbury Publishing
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1 in
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Subject
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Philosophy & Social Aspects, General
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Publication Year
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2008
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Series
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Battleground Ser.
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Textbook
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Hardcover
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Language
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English
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1 in
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16 Oz
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1 in
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Number of Pages
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616 Pages
Battleground: Science and Technology [2 volumes]: 2 volumes (Battleground Series
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
0313341648
ISBN-13
9780313341649
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66896881
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
616 Pages
Publication Name
Battleground: Science and Technology [2 Volumes]
Language
English
Subject
Philosophy & Social Aspects, General
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Science
Series
Battleground Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
1 in
Item Width
1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2008-026714
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
“This is the seventh in the publisher’s Battleground series exploring today’s controversial topics. The editors of this entry approach science and technology as they relate to culture and society. However, ‘science and technology’ is a much broader subject than those treated in other Battleground titles, and that makes the coverage here seem less focused. Topics range from the really broad, such as Social sciences, to the very specific, such as Green building design. In between are subjects as varied as Censorship, Coal, and Healing touch. The contributors have a range of backgrounds and experience, some not directly related to their topics. Some of their contributions are philosophic discussions of the assigned topics, while others give more prosaic accounts of the history of their topics and the pros and cons. There is a good index, and crossreferences are provided for each entry. Each entry also includes a selection of further readings, the currency of which varies. The reading level varies from article to article as well, but overall this would probably be best suited for a college-level audience looking for brief introductions. It’s hard to know how libraries will use this title, since the treatment is so broad that it is likely to be overlooked by a patron doing research on a specific topic.” – Booklist, “This collection of essays by various authors, wide ranging in their backgrounds and qualifications and covering a wide expanse of topics, goes beyond the scope of most encyclopedia-type volumes….This resource will prove useful to teachers and students. It summarizes in one compact place many of the aspects of issues around which some controversy swirls. These essays, especially the lengthier ones, can serve as starting points for more elaborate and in-depth investigation of topics. This text offers instant access (through the table of contents) to information that can lead in many directions for more investigations. It’s a worthwhile addition to a classroom resource bank for information on the implications of scientific and technological applications to society.”- NSTA Recommends, ” Battleground Science and Technology, which also includes a substantial bibliography and an index, would be an appropriate acquisition for public and academic libraries.” – Catholic Library World, ” Battleground: Science & Technology offers a basic introduction and overview to the topics addressed…This set is most appropriate for high school libraries, public libraries, and community college library that have a need for introductory material on the topics presented.” – ARBA, ” Battleground: Science & Technology offers a basic introduction and overview to the topics addressed…This set is most appropriate for high school libraries, public libraries, and community college library that have a need for introductory material on the topics presented.” – ARBA, ” Battleground Science and Technology , which also includes a substantial bibliography and an index, would be an appropriate acquisition for public and academic libraries.” – Catholic Library World, “This collection of essays by various authors, wide ranging in their backgrounds and qualifications and covering a wide expanse of topics, goes beyond the scope of most encyclopedia-type volumes….This resource will prove useful to teachers and students. It summarizes in one compact place many of the aspects of issues around which some controversy swirls. These essays, especially the lengthier ones, can serve as starting points for more elaborate and in-depth investigation of topics. This text offers instant access (through the table of contents) to information that can lead in many directions for more investigations. It’s a worthwhile addition to a classroom resource bank for information on the implications of scientific and technological applications to society.” – NSTA Recommends, “Examples of subjects tackled by the volumes include alien abductions, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, chaos theory, drugs and direct-to-consumer advertising, the Gaia hypothesis, genetically modified organisms, green building design, information technology, intellectual property, medical marijuana, parapsychology, quarks, reproductive technology, research ethics, the scientific method, urban warfare, virtual reality, waste management, and wind energy. The entries are written in a style accessible to beginning undergraduates and up.” – SciTech Book News
Number of Volumes
2 vols.
Dewey Decimal
303.48/3
Table Of Content
Guide to Related Topics Acknowledgments Introduction Entries Agriculture Alien Abductions Art and Science Artificial Intelligence Asymmetric Warfare Autism Biodiesel Biotechnology Brain Sciences Cancer Censorship Chaos Theory Chemical and Biological Warfare Cloning Coal Cold Fusion Computers Creationism and Evolutionism Culture and Science Death and Dying Drugs Drugs and Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Drug Testing Ecology Education and Science Epidemics and Pandemics Ethics of Clinical Trials Eugenics Fossil Fuels Gaia Hypothesis Gene Patenting Genetically Modified Organisms Genetic Engineering Geothermal Energy Globalization Global Warming Green Building Design Healing Touch Health and Medicine Health Care HIV/AIDS Human Genome Project Immunology Indigenous Knowledge Influenza Information Technology Intellectual Property Internet Mad Cow Disease Mathematics and Science Math Wars Medical Ethics Medical Marijuana Memory Mind Missile Defense Nanotechnology Nature vs. Nurture Nuclear Power Nuclear Warfare Obesity Objectivity Off-Label Drug Use Organic Food Parapsychology Pesticides Pluto Precautionary Principle Privacy Prostheses and Implants Psychiatry Quarks Religion and Science Reproductive Technology Research Ethics Robots Science Wars Scientific Method Search Engines Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Sex and Gender Sexuality Social Robotics Social Sciences Software Space Space Tourism Space Travel Stem Cell Research Sustainability Technology Technology and Progress Tobacco UFOs Unified Field Theory Urban Warfare Vaccines Video Games Virtual Reality Warfare Waste Management Water Wind Energy Yeti Bibliography About the Editors and Contributors Index
Synopsis
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. The approximately 100 issues examined in Battleground: Science and Technology include topics in the brain sciences, including the controversies over the cause of autism and the reliability of memory, as well as the debates over parapsychology; debates surrounding information technology, such as only privacy, the impact of video games on social behavior, and the advent of virtual reality; the complexity over drugs and medications, such as the testing of the efficacy of medications, the war on recreational drugs, and the costs of pharmaceutical research; and hot-button topics that are constantly in the news, such as evolution and creationism, DNA testing, stem-cell research, and genetically modified organisms. Each entry provides a list of accessible resources useful for further research.
LC Classification Number
Q175
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