THE RATCHET OF SCIENCE: CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT

THE RATCHET OF SCIENCE: CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

Chapter I: PUGWASH AND BOMBMAKING

BOMBMAKING

Chapter II: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

THE RENAISSANCE 16TH– 17THCENTURIES

WHO WERE THE INVENTORS OF MACHINES AND ENGINES?

DETERMINATION OF THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE

ELECTRICITY

POWER

MATERIALS DERIVED FROM SCIENCE

SCIENCE AND FOOD - THE GREEN REVOLUTION

OBSERVATIONS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND - TECTONICS

CHINESE INVENTIONS

EXPLOSIVES

DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE

HISTORY OF THE COMPUTER

Chapter III: HUMAN NATURE

HUMAN NATURE AND SCIENCE

THE PLASTICITY OF THE BRAIN

Chapter IV: BRAVE NEW WORLD; 1984 HUXLEY AND ORWELL; SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF INDIVIDUALS BY THE STATE

THE HUMAN GENOME

SOCIETY AND SOCIAL MEDIA

SOME CIVILIAN CONSEQUENCES OF SCIENCE

THE FRIENDLY ATOM

Chapter V: MEDICAL SCIENCE

ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION

GENETIC ENGINEERING AND STEM CELL THERAPIES

STEM CELLS

Chapter VI: DISREGARD OF THE SANCTITY AND VALUE OF LIFE

LONERS AND CULTS

Chapter VII: THE SKY IS THE LIMIT: ROCKETS AND COSMOLOGY

NEW WEAPONS OF WAR AND HOW WE MIGHT LEARN TO CONTROL THEM

VIRUS WEAPONS

Chapter VIII: THE NEXT PHASE

3-D PRINTING

DRONES

CYBER WARFARE AND CYBER TERRORISM

COMPUTER VIRUSES

CODA

GLOSSARY

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

AUTHOR CONTACT INFORMATION

INDEX