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Controversies in Science and Technology: From Maize to Menopause (Science and Technology in Society)




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: Controversies in Science and Technology: From Maize to Menopause (Science and Technology in Society)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.483
EAN: 9780299203948
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0299203948
Label: University of Wisconsin Press
Manufacturer: University of Wisconsin Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 356
Publication Date: March 15, 2005
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Studio: University of Wisconsin Press



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Product Description:
Written for general readers, teachers, journalists, and policymakers, this volume explores four controversial topics in science and technology, with commentaries from experts in such fields as sociology, religion, law, ethics, and politics:

* Antibiotics and Resistance: the science, the policy debates, and perspectives from a microbiologist, a veterinarian, and an M.D.

* Genetically Modified Maize and Gene Flow: the science of genetic modification, protecting genetic diversity, agricultural biotech vesus the environment, corporate patents versus farmers' rights

* Hormone Replacement Theory and Menopause: overview of the Women's Health Initiative, history of hormone replacement therapy, the medicalization of menopause, hormone replacement therapy and clinical trials

* Smallpox: historical and medical overview of smallpox, government policies for public health, the Emergency Health Powers Act, public resistance vs. cooperation.



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - An extensive set of scholarly discussions of scientific, health and technological issues
Biologist Jo Handelsman and sociologists Daniel Kleinman and Abby Kinchy gather scholars together in Controversies In Science & Technology From Maize To Menopause, considering such diverse topics as hormone replacement therapy, overuse of antibiotics, genetic modifications of crops, and agricultural issues. The result is an extensive set of scholarly discussions of scientific, health and technological issues not to be missed.







 






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