Jeremy wrote: ] Based on interviews with eighteen prominent scientists and ] public policymakers from around the globe, A Parliament of ] Science provides a rich overview of the challenges, promises, ] and perils of science and technology in the twenty-first ] century. ] ] What can we hope for? ] ] What must we fear? ] ] How can scientists, civil society, and politicians work ] together to harness science and technology into a power for ] the good of all humanity? ] ] Those interviewed speak candidly of their passions, hopes, and ] concerns as they explore the scientific and policy ] implications of the major issues of our time, including ] sustainability, politics, cloning, ethics, global climate ] change, the digital divide, and mass extinction of biological ] species. ] ] This welcome introduction to the debate on mankind's needs for ] a true "science for the twenty-first century" also serves as a ] sobering reappraisal of where we have been, what our ingenuity ] has wrought for better or for worse, and where we and the ] whole planet seem to be headed. This is starting to look like "V." Maybe Bush is a space lizard. RE: A Parliament of Science |