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behavioral changes to prevent 96-98 drug abuse treatment and, 117 drug experiments for, 99-101 HIV screening and, 190-192 Air traffic, 30-33 Airbag technology, 95 Aircraft design, 32 Airport capacity, 30-33 Alberts, Bruce M., 144 Alcohol treatment programs, 8688 Alcoholics Anonymous (AAl, 87 Amaranth, 177 Andean hi, 177 Andean crops, 175-178 Anencephalic infants, 186-189 Animals, laboratory experiments on, 192-194 Antarctic Treaty, 62 Antarctica, 60-62 Archimedes, 3 Arracacha, 177 227 i,
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See also AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndromeJ B Banneker, Benjamin, 219 Baseball players, 83-85 Bassuk, Ellen L., 110 Bayer, Ronald, 190 Beach erosion, 136 Becker, Marshall, 96 Benbrook, Charles M., 69 Bible, 211, 213 Biological diversity, 74-77 Biological testing, 183-186 Biology of forests, 128-129 revolution in study of, 133-135 and theory of evolution, 212 Black Americans. See also Minorities in mathematics-related areas, 210 in science, 219-221 status of, 107-109 Bookman, Charles A., 136 Boron, 73 Bounded rationality, 123 Brain-imaging technology, 184 INDEX Breeding, 63 Bulger, Roger J., 91 Bush, George, 123, 130, 137 Businesses, role in exposing children to science, 5, 6 Cancer relationship between diet and, 82 use of chewing tobacco and, 84 Capron, Alexander Morgan, 186 Carbon dioxide forests and, 127-128 increases in air of, 49, 55-56, 139 Carver, George Washington, 219 Cesarean deliveries, 91-93 Chalk, Rosemary, 195 Chen, John, 160, 162 Chen, Kan, 27 Cherimoya, 177 Chewing tobacco, 83-85 Children.
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See Environmental protection Construction industry, home, 3941 Consumer Product Safety Commission, 120 Contraception in developing countries, 173174 229 options in, 146-149 Cooper, Theodore, 99 Cooperative research, 164. See also Research Copernicus, 141, 143 Coronary artery disease, 81-82 Cosby, Bill, 3 Court cases, statistical analyses used in, 120-122 Coyle, Susan, 214 Crawford, David L., 149 Crawshaw, Ralph, 181 Creationism, 211, 213 Criminals drug treatment for, 118, 119 genetic testing of suspected, 185 Czaja, Sara I., 41 D Dartmouth College, 223 Darwin, Charles, 141, 143 Data systems, Soviet, 166 DaVanzo, Julie, 172 Dean, Robert G., 48 Deep ecology, 74-77 Defense use of oceans for, 137 weapons production for, 37-38 Deforestation, 49, 55, 127 Diagnostic technology, 183-186 Diet, chronic illnesses and, 81-82 Digital switching technology, 34 Disasters natural, 44-46 technological, 14, 15 .
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See also College education; School; Universities artificial intelligence used in, 142-143 elementary, and science, 5 INDEX and kindergarten stress, 201203 mathematics, 208-211 preparing and attracting American-born students to study science and mathematics, 161-162, 210 role in modern world of, 203205 Educational testing, 201-203 Ehrenkrantz, Ezra, 39 Einstein, Albert advances in physics and, 134 as example of foreign-born scientist, 221 Elderly people environmental design for, 4143 hip fractures in, 102 Electric automobiles, 139 Electricity, 140 Electronic fetal monitoring, 92, 93, 102 Elementary school. See also School exposure to science in, 5 testing and stress in, 201-203 Embryo transfers, 88, 91 Employees, environmental needs for elderly, 42-43 Employment of Black Americans, 109 civil service, 113 comparable worth issues in, 112-114 parental leave policies and, 116 and use of diagnostic technology, 183-186 Energy Department, U.S., 139, 140 Energy policy controversial nature of, 56-57 environmental issues and, 138140 Energy production, use of seabed for, 137
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See Agriculture Federal policies agricultural commodity program, 68-69 and responsible research, 196 Fedoroff, Nina, 62 Fertility in developing countries, 174 treating problems in, 88-91 Fertilizer residues, 73 Fetal research, 90 Fiber-optics technology, 34, 137 Fienberg, Stephen E., 120 Film industry, image of scientists, engineers, and technology given by, 6-8 preparation for disaster from, 44-46 vulnerability of phone system in, 33-34 Fishing industry, 136 Florman, Samuel C., 222 Food - Andean crops for, 175-178 tion, 170, 171 eradication of shortages of Experimental drugs, for AIDS, 99- 168-169 101
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universities, 159 Forests biology of, 128-129 destruction of, 75-77 as environmental buffers, 127128 research needs concerning, 129-130 Fossil fuels need to shift from use of, 56, 138 results of burning, 49, 55 Fractures, hip, 102 Fraud, scientific, 195-197 Freeman, Phyllis, 170 Fuller, Samuel H., 24 G Galileo Galilei, 3 Gallagher, Susan S., 94 Garcia, Eugene E., 201 Gas drilling, ocean, 136 Genetic factors diagnostic testing and, 184-186 health and, 82 Genetic mapping, 144-146 Genetically engineered microorganisms, 62-64 Gerstein, Dean R., 117 Global warming. See Greenhouse effect Goldman, Steven L., 6 Gorbachev, Mikhail, 130 INDEX Gordon, lohn C., 127 Government officials, risk communication by, 14-16 Grant, Ulysses S., 213 Greene, John C., 83 Greenhouse effect energy use contributing to, 138-140 federal studies regarding, 152153 role of forests in, 127-128 and science literacy, 13 and sea level changes, 49 uncertainty surrounding, 55-57 Gynecologists, 91 H Hackerman, Norman, 192 Hallgren, Richard E., 44 Health.
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See also Medical insurance impact of genetic testing on, 186 medical malpractice, 92, 93 International technology, 157160. See also Technology Iodine deficiency, 168 Iraq, invasion of Kuwait by, 35 Irrigation agriculture, 67, 72-74 J Japan high school education in, 5 monitoring of U.S.
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and Soviet missions to, 130-133 Mastroianni, Luigi, Jr., 146 Mathematics education, 208-211 McDonald, John C., 33 McNair, Ronald, 219 Medical care. See Health care Medical ethics and experimental treatment for AIDS, 99 INDEX choosing among health services and, 181-183 diagnostic technology and, 183-186 organ donations and, 187-189 regarding infertility treatment, 90 Medical insurance, 118, 191 Medical malpractice, 92, 93 Mentally ill people, 190-191 Merton, Robert, 217 Michael, Robert T., 112 Microbes, 129 Microchip industry, 24, 26 Microorganisms, genetically engineered, 62-64 Miller, Heather, 96 Mineral extraction, from ocean, 136 Minorities.
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See School Publishing standards, 196 R Rabi, I.I., 13 Race relations, 107-109 Radioactive waste disposal, 65-67 Raven, Peter H., 133 Rayman, Paula, 216 Reactor sites, 65-67 Recombinant DNA technology advances in use of, 134 genetic engineering with, 63, 64 and genetic structure and change in forest organisms, 129 Religious Fundamentalists, 211, 213 Replication, of experiments, 195196 Research awareness and involvement in international, 157-160 cooperative, 164
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civilian, 153 misconduct or sloppy, 195-197 Research methods Japanese, 163-164 Soviet, 165, 166 Risk communication, 14-16 Rocoto, 177 Roebling, John, 223 Roebling, Washington, 223 Scientists Rubenstein, Arthur H., 195 S Saccocio, Damian M., 24 Safety belts, school bus, 21-23 Salaries, 112-114, 214 Saturated fat, 82 School. See also Education attendance of homeless children in, 111 contact with physical world in, 204-205 exposure and motivation for science study in, 5, 161 method of teaching science in, 10 readiness for, 202 teaching about evolution in, 211-213 volunteers in, 205-208 School bus safety, 21-23 science careers in, 5, 215-218 federal budget decisions regarding, 152-154 impact of advances on historical developments, 134 integrity in, 195-197 minorities in, 161, 210, 215 misconceptions about, 3, 18 phobia in relating to, 9-11 politicians and, 18 products vs.
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See also Children pregnancy in, 148, 173 sexual behavior of, 98 Telephone system, 33-35 237 Telescopes, 150 Temperature rise, due to greenhouse effect, 49, 55-56 Terrorism, 33-35 Thaler, Richard H., 122 Thier, Samuel O., 101 Tobacco, chewing, 83-85 ~ . 1 ourlsm in Antarctica, 60-61 to sea floor, 137 Transplantation programs, anencephalic infants and, 187-189 Transportation issues airport, 30-33 rising sea level and, 50 school bus safety, 21-23 traffic problems, 27-29 Trees, 127, 129.
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238 V Vaccines, 170-172 Values, and view of risk, 15 Van Schilfgaarde, Tan' 72 Viking mission of 1976, 132 Vitamin A deficiency, 168 Volunteerism, educational, 205208 W Wage gap, gender, 112-114 Waste disposal radioactive, 65-67 use of seabed for, 137 Water quality impact of agriculture on, 67, 72-73 regulations, 74 Weapon production, 37-38 Weiss, Robin, 99 Welfare hotels, 110-111 West Antarctic Ice Sheet, 61 INDEX White, Robert M., 55 Wildlife, effects of irrigation agriculture on, 72, 73 Williams, Robin M., Ir., 107 Witnesses, expert, 120-122 Women dangers of pregnancy for, 172173 in engineering, 161 equality of pay for, 112-114 families headed by, 110 HIV testing in pregnant, 190192 impact of family planning on health of, 173-174 in science and mathematicsrelated areas, 210, 215-218, 220 Wootan, Charley V., 21 World Health Organization, 170 y Young, Frank, 17
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