Science Technology and Society

Read the Nobel Laureates' Statement on Peace and War! (A majority of the world's living Nobel laureates issued this statement in mid-December 2001, urging industrial nations to work cooperatively to address conditions that are a danger to world peace.)

Some Science/Technology and Society Resources

Here you will find a variety of on-line resources relating to science and society and science and public policy:

  • The IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology
  • American Physical Society Forum on Physics and Society
  • The Panel on Public Affairs of the American Physical Society
  • The American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Sigma Xi
  • The Association for Women in Science
  • Federation of American Scientists
  • Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
  • The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
  • Union of Concerned Scientists
  • Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Science as Culture
  • Sci.Opinions
  • NETFUTURE: Technology and Human Responsibility
  • The International Center for Technology Assessment
  • The Council for Responsible Genetics
  • The Loka Institute
  • AWIS Washington Wire
  • White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
  • George C. Marshall Institute: Washington Roundtable on Science & Public Policy
  • Human Rights and Scientific and Technological Development
  • Federation of Activists on Science & Technology Network
  • Scientists for Global Responsibility
  • Science for Peace (Canadian)
  • Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
  • International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility
  • Educators for Social Responsibility
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation
  • Public Citizen
  • Institute of Science in Society

    Here's a website from the Council for a Liveable World addressing National Missile Defense.

    Here's some historical material of interest relating to science and society issues:

  • Daedalus or Science and the Future by J.B.S. Haldane, a brief book written in 1924

    And another point of view:

  • How Societies Constitute their Knowledge

    You might be interested in taking a look at a short article that I wrote in 1998, "Some Thoughts on Planning for the Future for American Science", which appears on the Physics and Society web site and also appeared as an article in the January 1999 issue of Physics and Society. "Planning for the Future of American Science" also appeared as a cover story at PhysLINK - Your Guide to Physics on the Web.

    You will probably enjoy taking a weekly look at Bob Park's "What' New".
    And - don't miss the current issue of Physics and Society, which now appears quarterly on the Web.

    You may also wish to visit the science policy and national laboratories web pages for related information.

    This page updated 19 June 2006.
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