Controversies in Science and Technology: From Maize to Menopause (Volume 1) (Science and Technology in Society)

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. Mice in the Freezer, Owls on the Porch is in many ways a love story - about a quiet scientist and his flamboyant wife, but also about their passions for hunting, for wild lands, and for the grouse and raptor species that they were instrumental in saving from destruction. From the papers and letters of Frederick and Frances Hamerstrom, the reminiscences of contemporaries, and her own long friendship with this extraordinary couple who were her neighbors, Helen Corneli draws an intimate picture of Fran and Hammy from childhood through the genesis and maturation of a romantic, creative, and scientific relationship. Following the Hamerstroms as they give up a life of sophisticated convention and comfort for the more civilized (as Aldo Leopold would have it) pleasures of living and conducting on-the-spot research into diminishing species, Corneli captures the spirit of the Hamerstroms, their profession, and the natural and human environments in which they worked. Volume 1: 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

Despite the subtitle, this is not the middle volume of a long alphabetically series, but a stand-alone anthology of 19 original studies. Scholars of medical, environmental, and social sciences cover the overuse of antibiotics on the farm; global issues concerning genetically modified crops; the science, culture, and history of hormone replacement therapy and menopause; and smallpox and bioterrorism. Their goal is to help readers think about the issues regarding how science and technology affect their daily lives. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Antibiotics On The Farm & In Our Food : The Matter Of Antibiotic Resistance & Livestock -- Genetically Modified Crops And Gene Flow -- Women, Hormone Replacement Therapy, And Menopause -- Smallpox, Bioterrorism, And Public Health. Edited By Daniel Lee Kleinman, Abby J. Kinchy, And Jo Handelsman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Overuse of antibiotics on the farm Genetically modified crops : global issues Hormone replacement therapy and menopause : science, culture, and history Smallpox and bioterrorism