Contributor
Kleinman, Daniel Lee.
Imprint:New Rochelle, NY : Mary Ann Liebert, c2008.
Descriptionix, 533 p. : ill., 24 cm.
Note:Acknowledgments -- Introduction : from climate to chromosomes / Karen Cloud-Hansen, Daniel Lee Kleinman, Christina Matta, Jo Handelsman -- pt. 1. Stem cell research : science, religion, and public policy -- 1. Human embryonic stem cells and the future of medicine / Carl E. Gulbrandsen, Jill O. Ladwig -- 2. Embryological origins of the human individual / Karen M. Downs -- 3. The Catholic Church and stem cell research / Tadeusz Pacholczyk -- 4. Judaism and stem cells / Elliot N. Dorff -- 5. Islamic perspectives on the ethics of stem cell research / Abdulaziz Sachedina -- pt. 2. Information technology : inequality, identity, and invasions of privacy -- 6. Our information future : from open source software to the digital divide / Travis Kriplean, Daniel Lee Kleinman -- 7. Whither the digital divide? / Mark Warschauer -- 8.The balance of privacy and security / Eugene H. Spafford, Annie I. Antn -- 9. Digital search and seizure : updating privacy protections to keep pace with technology / James X. Dempsey -- 10. Lip-synching at the lectern : information technology and the interpersonal divide / Michael Bugeja -- pt. 3. Space exploration : reasons and risks -- 11.An historical overview of US manned space exploration / Roger D. Launius -- 12. Technical and managerial factors in the NASA Challenger and Columbia losses : looking forward to the future / Nancy G. Leveson -- 13. On slippery slopes, repeating negative patterns, and learning from mistake : NASA's Space Shuttle disasters / Diane Vaughan -- 14. Justifiably within the risk / James Lattis -- pt. 4. Global warning : scientific data, social impacts, and political debate -- 15. The politics of climate change / Clark A. Miller -- 16. Climate change : impacts and implications for justice / Stephen H. Schneider, Patricia R. Mastrandrea -- 17.The steps not yet taken / Daniel Sarewitz, Roger Pielke, Jr. -- 18.The interpretation of air temperature trends and their impact on public policy / David R. Legates -- 19. Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide and plant biology :the overlooked paradigm / Lewis H. Ziska -- pt. 5. Biology and gender : scientific careers and scientific theories -- 20. Perception bias, social inclusion, and sexual selection : power dynamics in science and nature / Patricia Adair Gowaty -- 21. Social selection versus sexual selection : comparison of hypotheses / Joan Roughgarden -- 22. It's a boy! Gender expectations intrude on the study of sex determination / Caitilyn Allen -- 23. Sex beyond the karyotype / Alice Dreger -- 24. Ambiguous bodies and deviant sexualities : hermaphrodites, homosexuality, and surgery in the United States, 1850-1904 / Christina Matta -- 25. The Larry Summers hypothesis : innate inability or bias? / Ben A. Barres -- Contributors -- Index.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
