A Scientist Speaks Out

In A Scientist Speaks Out — A Personal Perspective on Science, Society, and Change, Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1951) Glenn T Seaborg shares some of his thoughts and reflections on his broad interests, from the formulation of national science policy to the promise of youth. During a distinguished career in science and public service that spanned more than 50 years, he published over 500 works and maintained a public speaking schedule that included about 700 speeches on a wide variety of topics. This volume is a collection of nearly forty of his more popular speeches and articles, directed at a mostly non-scientific and non-technical audience. Since this volume is a compendium of reprints, readers will be able to share some of Seaborg's thoughts, as he originally penned them. Contents:The Future Through ScienceLearning in the World of ChangeA Scientific Society — The BeginningsScience, the Humanities, and the Federal Government — Partners in ProgressTime, Leisure, and the Computer: The Crisis of Modern TechnologyThe Positive Power of ScienceA Scientific Safari to AfricaA Journey to ChinaPreparing for the 21st CenturyThe Crisis in Pre-College Science and Math Educationand other speeches Readership: General. keywords: “Engrossing and highly readable, the articles concentrate on science education, the public understanding of science, and the future of science and technology, and also include forays into international co-operation, the 'legacy of Alfred Nobel', and personal accounts of visits to China, Africa and the Soviet Union.” Physics World