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| History of Technology | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Great Leap Forward | |
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| "George" | |
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| "The New George" | |
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| Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones...But Bronze and Iron Can Create a Civilization | |
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| The History of Energy | |
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| The History of Exology | |
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| The History of Climatology | |
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| The History of Ethics | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Internet Exercise | |
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| Ethics and Technology | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Ethics | |
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| The Relationship Between Ethics and Technology | |
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| The Unanticipated Consequences of Technology | |
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| The Future of Food: An Introduction to the Ethical Issues in Genetically Modified Foods | |
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| Whistle-Blowing | |
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| Roger Boisjoly, Chief Engineer at Morton Thiokol | |
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| Nuclear Warriors | |
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| Scenarios | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Internet Exercises | |
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| Energy | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Fossil Fuel Fundamentals | |
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| Energy for a New Century | |
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| The Immortal Waste | |
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| Oil and Blood: The Way to Take Over the World | |
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| Fuel Cells and the Hydrogen Economy | |
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| The Hydrogen Experiment | |
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| Biomass Energy | |
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| Solar Energy | |
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| Wind Power | |
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| Hydroelectric Power | |
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| The Electric Car Arrives-Again | |
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| Chernobyl | |
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| Tasman Spirit Oil Spill | |
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| Scenarios | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Internet Exercises | |
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| Ecology | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Grim Payback of Greed | |
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| Climate Change | |
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| The Kyoto Protocol | |
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| Young at Risk: Dioxins and Other Hazardous Chemicals | |
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| Fisheries Exploiting the Ocean-What Will Be Left? | |
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| What Will Happen to the Endangered Species Act? | |
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| Air Poisons Around the World | |
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| Rain Forests May Offer New Miracle Drugs | |
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| Buried Displeasure: Love Canal and One Person Who Made a Difference | |
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| Europe's Black Triangle Turns Green | |
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| Scenarios | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Internet Exercise | |
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| Population | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Interpreting the Current Population Data | |
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| Putting the Bite on Planet Earth | |
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| Can the Growing Human Population Feed Itself? | |
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| A Ten-Year Progress Report of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo: 1994-2004 | |
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| World Birth Control Discussion Issues | |
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| Fertility Rates: The Decline Is Stalling | |
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| The Hazards of Youth | |
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| Earth's Carrying Capacity: Not Quite So Easy When Applied to Humans | |
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| Probably One: A Generation Comes of Age Under China's One-Child Policy | |
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| Japan's Unpopular Pill-An Unrealized Battle Victory | |
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| Scenarios | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Internet Exercises | |
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| War, Politics and Technology | |
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| Introduction | |
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| More War in a Moment, But First, a Word from Our Sponsors | |
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| Tanks: The Evolution of Mechanized Warfare | |
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| Extreme Makeover: The New U.S. Army: Leaner, But Meaner? | |
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| The F-22: The Plane Even Congress Couldn't Shoot Down | |
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| The Human Face of War | |
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| Agent Orange | |
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| The M-16 Rifle | |
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| Scenarios | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Internet Exercises | |
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| Health and Technology | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Antibiotic Resistance | |
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| Making Well People "Better" | |
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| The Politics of Life and Death: Global Response to HIV and AIDS | |
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| Telemedicine: The Health System of Tomorrow | |
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| Nadeem | |
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| Ed | |
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| Scenarios | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Internet Exercises | |
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| Technology and the Third World | |
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| Introduction | |
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| One Planet: Many Worlds | |
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| Income Gap Widens | |
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| Poisoned Waters: Bangladesh Desperately Seeking Solutions | |
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| China's Challenge to the United States and to the Earth | |
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| N30 WTO Showdown | |
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| Pakistan: Karachi's Informal "Recycling Network" | |
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| The Digital Divide in Ecuador | |
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| Applications of Telecommunications Technologies in Distance Learning | |
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| Remember Rwanda? | |
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| Nam Theun Dam: The World Bank's Watershed Decision | |
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| Sri Lanka: Technology and Agriculture, Tractor Versus Buffalo | |
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| The Asian Tsunami and Beyond | |
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| Scenarios | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Internet Exercises | |
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| Technology of the Future | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Creating the Future | |
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| Predictions: Technology of the New Century and the New Millennium | |
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| New Horizons of Information Technology | |
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| The Amazing Brain | |
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| In the Year 2025 | |
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| Why the Future Doesn't Need Us | |
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| Global Population Reduction: Confronting the Inevitable | |
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| Emerging Technologies: New Demands for Students and Faculty | |
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| The Development and Progress of the Ambitious UN 2000 Millennium Project | |
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| Scenarios | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Internet Exercises | |
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| Authors' Commentaries | |
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| Index | |