Table of Contents
From Evolution to Energy
Jason Delborne, Daniel Lee Kleinman, Karen A. Cloud-Hansen, and Jo Handelsman
Part 1: Vaccines: Protection in an Uncertain World?
Social History of Vaccines
Jacob Heller
Developing A Vaccine for Pandemic Influenza: Is it Possible?
Jeremy C. Jones and Stacey Schultz-Cherry
The Long Road to an HIV Vaccine
José Esparza, Nina D. Russell, and Francine E. McCutchan
Vaccines: A Perspective on the Past and Present, and a Glance into the Future
Michèle Anne Barocchi and Rino Rappuoli
Part 2: Evolution: Citizen Attitudes, Political Controversy, and Cutting Edge Research
Darwinism, Creationism, and Intelligent Design
Ronald L. Numbers
Excerpt from the Decision of Judge John E. Jones III in Kitzmiller v Dover
The Persistent Presence of Creationism in the United States
Michael Lienesch
Evolution in the 21st Century
Francisco J. Ayala
Part 3: Food Safety: Eating and Illness
Beyond Risk?: The Missing Values in Food Safety Assessment
Madeleine Fairbairn and Jack Kloppenburg
Salmonella and Pathogenic E. coli - We Can't Assume They Are an Egg and Meat Problem Anymore
Jeri Barak
Emerging Plant Diseases: What Are Our Best Strategies for Management?
Karen A. Garrett, Ari Jumpponen, and Lorena Gomez
How Can the U.S. Best Protect Itself Against Agroterrorism?
Randall Murch
Part 4: Biofuels: An Energetic Source of Debate
Biofuels: Streams and Themes
Jason A. Delborne
The Politics of Estimating the Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Biofuels
Alastair Iles
Opportunities and Challenges for Next Generation Biofuels
T. Randall Fortenbery and Timothy J. Donohue
The Expansion of Sugarcane-Ethanol in Brazil and Controversies Surrounding Human Rights
Renata Marson Teixeira de Andrade and Andrew Miccolis
Part 5: Nanotechnology: Potential Risks and Rewards
Nanotechnology Controversies
Chris Toumey
Nanotechnology: Piecing Together the Puzzle of Risk
Jennifer Kuzma
Strange Worlds: Public Debates, Nanotechnology and Science Fiction
Jose J. López
Military Applications of Nanotechnology – Preventive Limitation is Needed
Jürgen Altmann
Nanotechnology and the Transhumanization of Health, Medicine, and Rehabilitation
Gregor Wolbring
Contributors
Index
