{"product_id":"battleground-science-and-technology-2-volumes-battleground","title":"Battleground: Science and Technology [2 Volumes] (Battleground)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGuide to Related Topics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEntries\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgriculture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlien Abductions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt and Science\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtificial Intelligence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsymmetric Warfare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAutism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBiodiesel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBiotechnology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrain Sciences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCancer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCensorship\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChaos Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChemical and Biological Warfare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCloning\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCold Fusion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComputers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreationism and Evolutionism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCulture and Science\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeath and Dying\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrugs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrugs and Direct-to-Consumer Advertising\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrug Testing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEcology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEducation and Science\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEpidemics and Pandemics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEthics of Clinical Trials\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEugenics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFossil Fuels\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGaia Hypothesis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGene Patenting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenetically Modified Organisms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenetic Engineering\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeothermal Energy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlobalization\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlobal Warming\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen Building Design\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHealing Touch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHealth and Medicine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHealth Care\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHIV\/AIDS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuman Genome Project\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImmunology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndigenous Knowledge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInfluenza\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInformation Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntellectual Property\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInternet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMad Cow Disease\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMathematics and Science\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMath Wars\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedical Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedical Marijuana\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMemory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMind\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMissile Defense\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNanotechnology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNature vs. Nurture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNuclear Power\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNuclear Warfare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eObesity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eObjectivity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOff-Label Drug Use\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrganic Food\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParapsychology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePesticides\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePluto\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrecautionary Principle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrivacy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProstheses and Implants\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePsychiatry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuarks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReligion and Science\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReproductive Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResearch Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobots\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScience Wars\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScientific Method\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSearch Engines\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSearch for Extraterrestrial Intelligence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSex and Gender\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSexuality\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSocial Robotics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSocial Sciences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftware\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpace Tourism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpace Travel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStem Cell Research\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSustainability\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnology and Progress\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTobacco\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUFOs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnified Field Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUrban Warfare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVaccines\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVideo Games\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVirtual Reality\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarfare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWaste Management\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWater\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWind Energy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYeti\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Editors and Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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. \u003ci\u003eBattleground: Science and Technology\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe approximately 100 issues examined in \u003ci\u003eBattleground: Science and Technology\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach entry provides a list of accessible resources useful for further research.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncludes bibliographical references and index.;v. 1. A-M -- v. 2. N-Z.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSal Restivo\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology, Science Studies, and Information Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Special Lecture Professor at Northeastern University in Shenyang, China, the former Hixon\/Riggs Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Harvey Mudd College, and a former Special Professor at Nottingham University in England. He is a founding member and former president of the Society for Social Studies of Science.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter H. Denton\u003c\/b\u003e is an instructor in Technical Communications and Ethics at Red River College in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Associate Professor in the Department of History at the Royal Military College of Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNSTA Recommends\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is the seventh in the publisher's Battleground series exploring today's controversial topics. The\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eeditors of this entry approach science and technology as they relate to culture and society. However, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'science and technology' is a much broader subject than those treated in other Battleground titles, and that\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003emakes the coverage here seem less focused. Topics range from the really broad, such as Social sciences, to\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethe very specific, such as Green building design. In between are subjects as varied as Censorship, Coal, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eand 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eprosaic accounts of the history of their topics and the pros and cons. There is a good index, and crossreferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eare 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSciTech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBattleground: Science \u0026amp; Technology\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eARBA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBattleground Science and Technology\u003c\/i\u003e, which also includes a substantial bibliography and an index, would be an appropriate acquisition for public and academic libraries.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatholic Library World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003ci\u003eBattleground: Science and Technology\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe approximately 100 issues examined in \u003ci\u003eBattleground: Science and Technology\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach entry provides a list of accessible resources useful for further research.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 95 (EAN 9780313341649, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/01\/2009 pg. 13 (EAN 9780313341649, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Greenwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47448573935747,"sku":"9780313341649","price":243.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/6830\/8099\/files\/9780313341649.jpg?v=1783317262","url":"https:\/\/sebink.com\/products\/battleground-science-and-technology-2-volumes-battleground","provider":"Sebink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}