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The Sorry State of Science

AAAS Symposium * 28-29 December * Boston

The advance of science holds forth great possibilitiesfor the freeing of mankind from the forces of natureand social oppresssion. Yet our understanding of manand the physical world in which he lives has not beendirected toward these humanistic ends. Instead, scienceand technology are used to strengthen militarism and tofurther the economic exploitation and psychological domi-nation of the world's population. How this misuse ofscience and technology takes place can only be under-stood by considering the social and economic contextwithin which technological advance occurs. Who developsnew technology, who benefits from its use, and who paysthe social costs which result from the use of suchtechnology?The first session of this two-part symposium will pro-

vide an analysis of the social and economic frameworkof technological innovation. Several case stuLdies will beoffered in support of the thesis presented. The secondsession will focus attention on the role of scientists andengineers in relation to the misuses of their work andabilities. The session will also explore approaches, con-sistent with the analysis presented, that can be takentoward directing the application of science to social needsand humian welfare.

Arranged by Allen S. Weinrub (Harvard University).

28 Deceinber 1969

Who Benefits fromt Technological Change?, Allen S.Weinrub.

Progratniinig the Comipluter Induistry, Steve Cavrak(Harvard University).

Social Science anid "Pax Amlericania," Don MacKensie(Harvard University).Research and Priorities in the Drug Industry, Rick

Paul (Harvard University).The Space Extravaganza anid the Public Iinterest, Steve

Kaiser (M.I.T.).Technology: Progress is Not its Most Inmportant Prod-

uct, Larry Beeferman (M.I.T.).

29 December 1969

The Myth of the Technzologist Class, Larry Beeferman.Secret Labs and Special Interests, David Guttman

(M.I.T.).Tholughts on a Political Program for Action, Student

speaker from Harvard University.

During this symposium, thCe aiudienice will be encouraged to pcarticipate in discussioni of the ide(as aind issues whichi areraised in the formal presentattions.

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Arranged by Ravimond J. Seeger (National ScienceFoUndlation.

28 1)eceinber

Re,iarkys, Nl miister Plenipotentiairy Tonci Otticri (CoIn-SLul General in Boston).

Sihe Dcvelopment of Leon(irdo's Kniowvledge of theHimana Body, Elmer Belt (Los Angeles, California).A Scilpt/ure by Leonardo, John Goldsmith Phillips

(MCtr-opolitan MuIseumL of Art).Leolnardo as Painter, John Shlapley ( How ard Univer-

sity ).Leonlardo(111(1 the, Suhcoi.seioues, Raxymond Stites (Na-

tioInal Gallery of Art).Oni Leonardo',s Plhysical In s/ights. Raymond J. Seeger.Leonairdo (as, Militatry Engi'neer, Bern Dibner (Burrndy

Library, Norwalk, Connecticut).Beginning,s of Factories wiit/ (i Central Source of Power,

Ladislalus Reti (University of California, Los Angeles).

Mendeleev Centennial

Arranged by Leo Schubert (Americ-InWashington, D.C.).

University,

29 December

AfMendeleei!an(id Hi.s Iiflitenee on0 Seienee, Aniatoliy F.Dobrynin (Ambassadior. Union of Soviet Socialist Re-publics).

Precurs-ors atnd Cocurersor.y of the Men(leleel' Table, 0.Theodore Benfey (Earlhram College, Richmonid, In-diana).

Profe.evor T. W. Ricliardls andi( thle Periodlic Table. JamesB. Conant (Telachers Insurance and Annuity Associationof Amcrica).

7lbe Trir.syiraninium Ellenents: Extension of the Periodlic7'Table, Glennl T. Sea-borg, (U.S. Atomic Energy Commis-5sioI).

Perio(lic Properties of Nuclei and(l Eleinen ta/-Y Pairticles,Herman Feshbach (Massachusetts Institute of Technol-ogO).

Program information and registration forms for the meeting. hotels. and tours appear in the 21 Novemlber issue ofScience. Informaition about touLrs, special exhibits, eduicational exhibits, the Science Film Theater, and musical eventsappear in the 31 Octoher issue. Reports about symposia app2ar in the following issues: 19 Sept., "Tektite: A Study ofHuman Behavior in a Hostile Environment"; 26 Sept., "Expa1nding Horizons in Medical Education"; 3 Oct., "Education ofthe Inftant and Young Child"; 10 Oct., "Is There An Optimum Level of Population?," "Approaches to Policy Sciences," and"Sea-Level Panama Canal"; 17 Oct., "Quiantitative Studies of Urbain Problemiis" and "Ouir Food Supply"; 24 Oct., "Physi-ological Effects of AuLdible Sound," "Climate atnd Man," and "Ralrional Use of Water": 31 Oct.., "Technology Assessmentaind Human Possibilities." "Pattern Perception," and 'Youth: Ego-ldealls aind Impact of Culture": 7 Nov., "Space Astron-omy," "Science Policy aind State Government," "The Na'ture and Dignity of Man," aLnd "Behalvioral and Social1 Sciences:Outlook and Needs"; 14 Nov., "School Science Past and FLutLure." "Power Generation and Environmental Change," and'Effects of NuLtrition on Behavior"; 28 Nov., "Whither LuLna1r andP1lanetary Expioration in the 1970's,;' "The City ais 4aSocial System," and "Humnan S-ttlements and Eimvironmiiienctal Desion": and 5 Dec.. "Deep Sea Drilling Project," "FieldStudies of Nutrition anid Boha\ ior.'' and "HLInger aInd NI alnutrition."

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Mark KlacIs Tlhe, Computer MereYv A 71aol?

Nathaniel H. Frank7 he Lcrnimi,i of Physics in Profes.sional,Vocationial, and Gen eral Education

G. I Ledyard Stebbens7 hle Natural History (andl ELvolittio!(IarFutture of Abadkiid

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Lawrence SlobodkinEnvironmental Design in Response to thePopulation Crisis

Joseph P. BuckleyHow Can the Pharmacist Better Interactas a Member of the Health Team

Lloyd C. MillerHow Good Are Our Drugs?

Donald W. CollierComments on Industrial Research

R. Will BurnettIs Relevance Irrelevant to Science Education?

William B. StappThe Role of American Nature Society in aChanging Society

Dale BakerCommunications or Chaos

Ezra GlazserIssues in the Design of a Federal StatisticalSystem

Wilmer W. TannerThe Academy Conference and Our FutureEnvironment

Symposia and Panel Discussions

Hunger, Food, and MalnutritionHunger and MalnutritionThe Total Synthesis of FoodLiving Marine Resources of the NortheastField Studies of Nutrition and BehaviorOur Food SupplyFood from the SeaMalnutrition and Learning in Children

within the United StatesEffects of Nutrition on Behavior

The Design and Nature of CitiesHuman Settlements and Environmental DesignQuantitative Studies of Urban ProblemsStatistics, Government, and the Analysis of

Social ProblemsThe City as a Social SystemSystem Models of Urban SystemsThe Organization of Urban Places

Family and Population ProblemsIs There an Optimum Level of Population?The Identity and Dignity of Man: A Scientific and

Theological Dialogue on Issues Emerging fromBehavioral, Surgical, and Genetic Interventoins

Differential Fertility and Family PlanningLand Use, Population, and Settlements in Ancient

Mexico and Guatemala12 DECEMBER 1969

Population MathematicsEvaluating Family Planning Programs

The Earth, the Solar System, and the CosmosWhither Lunar and Planetary Exploration in the 1970's?The Northwest PassageUnidentified Flying Objects.Deep-Sea Drilling-A Progress ReportClimate and ManManned Lunar Space ProgramSpace AstronomyCurrent Problems in CosmologyRecent Developments in the Field of Pulsars

Health, Disease, and BehaviorExtra-auditory Physiological Effects of

Auditory SoundInternational Study of EskimosBiology and Sociology of ViolenceRecent Advances in Clinical ChemistryInterface Between Bioengineering and

Oral BiologyYouth: Ego-Ideals and Impact of CultureTektite: Study of Behavior in a Hostile

EnvironmentBiomedical MaterialsNeurobiological Substrates of BehaviorSpeed Synthesis and PerceptionImmunosuppressive DrugsPattern Perception

Social and Political InteractionTechnology Assessment and Human PossibilitiesArms Control and DisarmamentMilitary Support of Academic ResearchMathematical Modeling in the Social SciencesChemical and Biological WarfareApproaches to Policy SciencesSystems Aspects of Social and Environmental ProblemsMethodological Problems in Studying CrimeScience and Public Policy WorkshopThe Political Attitudes of ScientistsThe Behavioral and Social SciencesSectoral Clashes and Development PolicyIntergovernmental Approaches to Domestic Problems

Ethics, Morals, Philosophy, and HistoryLeonardo da VinciMendeleev CentennialMathematical LogicScience Fiction and ScienceScience and the Future of ManStatus of the Unity of Science ThesisMethodology in the Science of ReligionThe Sorry State of Science-A Student CritiqueObjectivity of AnthropologyComparative History and Sociology of ScienceSocial Implications of Organ Transplants

Life and the Living EarthThe Theory and Practice of Biological ControlBiochemical AdaptationsSea-Level Panama Canal: Marine Biological Effects

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Photosynthetic Organisms: Origin and Evolutionof Earth

Physics and the Explanation of LifeSome Mathematical Questions in BiologyBiology of Cave and Deep Sea OrganismsUsing Ecological Data for Environmental

DecisionsAspects of Insect EndocrinologyPhysiology of the AnnelidsThe Biology of SymbiosisThe Stream EcosystemHormonal Controls in Gonadal FunctionIntegrated Control of Disease VectorsInshore Mollusks: Species under StressCell DivisionOrganization and Development of Plants

Affairs of Technology, Economics, and BusinessThe Grants EconomyPower Generation and Environmental ChangeElectronic Computers-Today and TomorrowComputers in Mathematics and ScienceManaging the Growth of a Small TechnicalCompany

Methods in R & D ManagementEconomics of Scientific PublicationsShould a General Engineering Society Be Established?Rational Use of WaterInching toward the Metric SystemToward the Unification of Management and

Organization Theory

SPECIAL EVENTS AND TOURS

Concert, Boston Symphony OrchestraSymposium, Science and Music

Tea, Headquarters, American Meteorological SocietyScience Film Theater

Worcester Foundation for Experimental BiologyNew England AquariumCambridge Electron AcceleratorMassachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyHarvard University

Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumMuseum of Fine ArtsMuseum of ScienceWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution,

Marine Biological Laboratories, and U.S. Bureau ofCommercial Fisheries

EXHIBITS

Mendeleev Centennial, Boston Public LibraryHarvard Scientists and their Apparatus, Fogg Art Museum

(Harvard University)Science and Art, Fogg Art Museum (Harvard University)Rara Astronomica, Houghton Library (Harvard University)Sir William Osler, Harvey Cushing and the Boston Medical

Library, Countway Library (Harvard Medical School)Back Bay Boston, the City as a Work of Art, the Museum of

Fine ArtsThe "Boston Arm," Museum of ScienceThe Indomitable Major Powell, Sherman Union, Boston

UniversityEducational Exhibits and AAAS, Annual Exposition of

Science and Industry, Boston War Memorial Auditorium

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Education, Learning, and CommunicationsExpanding Horizons in Medical EducationEducation of the Infant and Young ChildInnovationsBasic Research in EducationSystematic Approaches to Learning and MemoryUndergraduate Studies in Environmental SciencesTechnical CommunicationScience Education-Two ViewsBrain and LearningQuestionable Assumptions Underlying Science EducationGeneral System Education ProgramSpecialization versus Integration of Knowledge

in an Expanding Universe of FactsDevelopment of AbilityRecent Developments in Animal CommunicationEducational Technology and Science EducationSATCOM ReportCreativityPreservice Science Education of Elementary

School TeachersLearning-A Lifetime ProcessScience Education and the NationSchool Science-Past and FutureCommunication of ScienceSensory-Specific Information in Human MemoryEcology and the Undergraduate CurriculumMathematics Education

Interaction with the ArtsScience and Music

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