
'What's Next: Dispatches on the Future of Science'
Date: Sunday, July 19, 2009 @ 16:31:09 UTC Topic: Testimonials
From: http://www.washingtontimes.com:
Edited by Max Brockman
Vintage, $15, 256 pages
REVIEWED BY JULIE ROBISON
People's exposure to the world of science is too often limited to watching the Discovery Channel or "reading" National Geographic. But the essence of science is not only what is happening today, but what could happen tomorrow. "What's Next? Dispatches on the Future of Science" is a book of science essays collected and edited by Max Brockman. It boasts that the authors of the 18 original essays that make up this book come from a "new generation of scientists" and are the future of science.
The essays cover a range of topics. In "Will We Decamp for the Northern
Rim?," Lawrence C. Smith writes that the world can't escape global
warming, regardless of policy changes. Stephon H.S. Alexander discusses
dark matter and vacuum energy in "Just What Is Dark Energy." Vanessa
Woods and Brian Hare's "Out of Our Minds: How Did Homo sapiens
Come Down From the Trees, and Why Did No One Follow?" notes the theory
of evolution and its relation to humans is still a work in progress....
Full article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/19/books-whats-next-dispatches-future-science/
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