New Genetics: The Study Of Life Lines (Science and Society)

The impact society has on the progress and acceptance of newscience - and vice versa - is greater than most people think. Forinstance, over the past five years, events indicate that citizens' viewshave helped change the focus of the research and development carriedout by both the U.S. Department of Agriculture and by theEnvironmental Protection Agency. Likewise, citizen actions haveinfluenced the direction of the activities of organizations such as theWorld Bank in their efforts to improve agriculture and living conditions inthe developing nations of the world. The new Science and Society setnot only highlights the what of science, but also the why, the how, and the who