
Science in the Contemporary World
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An authoritative reference survey of the modern age of scientific discovery, Science in the Contemporary World is a scholarly yet accessible chronicle of scientific achievement from the discovery of penicillin to the latest developments in space exploration and cloning.
Over 200 A-Z entries cover the full spectrum of contemporary science, with emphasis on its diverse nature. Within the last 50 years, medicine has eradicated the killer disease smallpox, but primarily because the virus can live only in humans. Space probes have revealed that on Europa, a moon of Jupiter, an ice-capped ocean with the potential to support life probably exists. Marvels from animal psychology and deep-sea exploration are also explored extensively.
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Cold War
- Space Exploration
- Undersea Exploration
- Physics
- New Tools
- The Life Sciences
- Earth Science
- Medicine
- Studying Humans
- Environmentalism
- The Future
- Topic Finder
- Scientific Disciplines
- Theories and Ideologies
- New Vistas
- Tools of Science
- Institutions and Projects
- Natural Phenomena
- Scientific Discoveries
- Science and Society
- Studying Science
- People
- A
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Agriculture
- AIDS
- Alvarez, Luis W. (1911-1988), and Walter Alvarez (1940-)
- Anthropology
- Apollo Project
- Archaeology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Asimov, Isaac (1920-1992)
- Associations
- Astronomy
- B
- Bardeen, John (1908-1991)
- Barghoorn, Elso (1915-1984)
- Barton, Derek (1918-1998)
- Bell Burnell, Jocelyn (1943-)
- Berners-Lee, Timothy (1955-)
- Berson, Solomon A. (1919-1972)
- Big Bang Theory and Steady State Theory
- Big Science
- Bioethics
- Biology and the Life Sciences
- Biotechnology
- Birth Control Pill
- Black Holes
- Boyer, Herbert (1936-)
- Broecker, Wallace S. (1931-)
- C
- Carson, Rachel (1907-1964)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (1910-1995)
- Chaos Theory
- Chemistry
- Chomsky, Noam (1928-)
- Clarke, Arthur C. (1917-)
- Cloning
- Cognitive Science
- Cohen, Stanley N. (1935-)
- Cold Fusion
- Cold War
- Computers
- Cousteau, Jacques (1910-1997)
- Creationism
- Crick, Francis (1916-2004)
- Crutzen, Paul (1933-)
- Cybernetics
- D
- Dawkins, Richard (1941-)
- Deep-Core Drilling
- Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents
- Dobzhansky, Theodosius (1900-1975)
- Dyson, Freeman (1923-)
- E
- Earthquakes
- Ecology
- Economics
- Edelman, Gerald M. (1929-)
- Edwards, Robert (1925-)
- Ehrlich, Paul R. (1932-)
- El Niño
- Elion, Gertrude B. (1918-1999)
- Enders, John (1897-1985)
- Engelbart, Douglas (1925-)
- Environmental Movement
- Ethics
- European Space Agency
- Evolution
- Extrasolar Planets
- F
- Feminism
- Feynman, Richard (1918-1988)
- Fossey, Dian (1932-1985)
- Foundations
- Franklin, Rosiland (1920-1958)
- Fuller, Buckminster (1895-1983)
- G
- Gaia Hypothesis
- Gamow, George (1904-1968)
- Gell-Mann, Murray (1929-)
- Genetics
- Geology
- Gilbert, Walter (1932-)
- Glashow, Sheldon L. (1932-)
- Global Positioning System
- Global Warming
- Goodall, Jane (1934-)
- Gould, Stephen Jay (1941-2002)
- Grand Unified Theory
- Green Revolution
- H
- Harlow, Harry F. (1905-1981)
- Hawking, Stephen (1942-)
- Hess, Harry (1906-1969)
- History of Science
- Hodgkin, Dorothy Crowfoot (1910-1994)
- Hoyle, Fred (1915-2001)
- Human Genome Project
- Hydrogen Bomb
- I
- In Vitro Fertilization
- Integrated Circuits
- International Geophysical Year (1957-1958)
- Internet
- J
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- K
- Kinsey, Alfred C. (1894-1956)
- Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth (1926-2004)
- Kuhn, Thomas S. (1922-1996)
- Kuno, Hisashi (1910-1969)
- L
- Lasers
- Leakey Family
- Levi-Montalcini, Rita (1909-)
- Lévi-Strauss, Claude (1908-)
- Libby, Willard F. (1908-1980)
- Lorenz, Edward N. (1917-)
- Lorenz, Konrad (1903-1989)
- Lovelock, James (1919-)
- Lysenko, Trofim (1898-1976)
- M
- Mandelbrot, Benoit (1924-)
- Margulis, Lynn (1938-)
- Masters, William H. (1915-2001), and Virginia Johnson (1925-)
- Mathematics
- Mayer, Maria Goeppert (1906-1972)
- Mayr, Ernst (1904-)
- McClintock, Barbara (1902-1992)
- Medawar, Peter (1915-1987)
- Media and Popular Culture
- Medicine
- Meteorology
- Microbiology
- Miller, Stanley L. (1930-)
- Minsky, Marvin (1927-)
- Molina, Mario (1943-)
- Monod, Jacques (1910-1976)
- Müller, K. Alex (1927-)
- N
- Nambu, Yoichiro (1921-)
- Nanotechnology
- Nash, John F. (1928-)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Geographic Society
- National Institutes of Health
- National Science Foundation
- Neumann, John von (1903-1957)
- Neuroscience
- Neutrinos
- Nobel Prizes
- Nuclear Physics
- Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane (1942-)
- O
- Oceanography
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert (1904-1967)
- Organ Transplants
- Ozone Layer and Chlorofluorocarbons
- P
- Particle Accelerators
- Particle Physics
- Pauling, Linus (1901-1994)
- Penrose, Roger (1931-)
- Pharmacology
- Philosophy of Science
- Physics
- Piccard, Auguste (1884-1962)
- Plate Tectonics
- Popper, Karl (1902-1994)
- Population Studies
- Prions
- Psychology
- Pulsars
- Q
- Quantum Mechanics
- Quantum Physics
- Quasars
- R
- Religion
- Rogers, Carl R. (1902-1987)
- Rowland, F. Sherwood (1927-)
- S
- Sabin, Albert (1906-1993)
- Sagan, Carl (1934-1996)
- Sakharov, Andrei (1921-1989)
- Salam, Abdus
- Salk, Jonas (1914-1995)
- Sanger, Frederick (1918-)
- Sanger, Margaret (1879-1966)
- Satellites
- Schwinger, Julian (1918-1994)
- Science Fiction
- Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
- Selye, Hans (1907-1982)
- Shoemaker, Eugene (1928-1997)
- Shoemaker-Levy Comet Impact
- Skinner, B. F. (1904-1990)
- Smallpox Vaccination Campaign
- Social Constructionism
- Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology
- Sociology of Science
- Sokal Hoax
- Soviet Academy of Sciences
- Soviet Union
- Space Exploration and Space Science
- Steptoe, Patrick (1913-1988)
- Symbiosis
- T
- Telescopes
- Teller, Edward (1908-2003)
- Third World Science
- Transistors
- Tsui, Daniel C. (1939-)
- Tsui, Lap-Chee (1950-)
- U
- Undersea Exploration
- Universities
- V
- Vitalism
- Volcanoes
- Voyager Spacecraft
- W
- War
- Watson, James D. (1928-)
- Wheeler, John A. (1911-)
- Wiles, Andrew (1953-)
- Wilson, Edward O. (1929-)
- Wilson, John Tuzo (1908-1993)
- World Health Organization
- World Wide Web
- Wu, Chien-Shiung (1912-1997)
- Y
- Yalow, Rosalyn (1921-)
- Chronology
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
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