Reading Contract - Science and Ethics Resources

Engaging the Rest of Humanity by Richard Gallagher

The Never-Ending Story

Science, Technology, and Society - Science Dictionaries and References

TutorGIG

From August 28th to Sept. 1st

Course Calendar

The Sleep Of Reason

Is science driven by inspired guesswork?

Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines

How to Perceive the World	The Present Coming Towards Us....	Consilience
What is Truth?	What is Life?	Joseph Campbell
The Occult and Some Surprising Relatives	In Silico Biology	Welcome to Utopia
What is Man?	The Trial of Galileo	Utopian Protocols
A View From The Trees	Brave New Baby	Artificial Intelligence
The Present Coming At Us	Creation Science Fair	The Two Cultures
Introduction to Principia Cybernetica	St. John's Academic Program	Malaspina Great Books
Genetics	What is The Singularity?	Francis Crick Obituary
The Great Books Program	Aristotle on Happiness	The Road to the Renaissance
The Question of God	Western Canon University	The Literature Network
The Complexity of Life	Web Books	Gary Posner's Skeptics Page

Subject Matter	Predictions and Assignments	New Links
Oh, the places you'll go...   The Occult and Some Surprising Relatives Pale Blue Dot Revisited Utopia  The Present Coming Towards Us....The Evolution of the Species Redesigning Man Brave New Baby Genomics and Humanity: Science Fiction Perspectives New Frontiers of Biology Genetically Enhanced Humans Tribal Genetics Beyond Darwin Video Cracking the Code of Life Bacteriophage G Genome Journey Into DNA Protein Data Bank Waksman DNA Tutorial Molecules in Motion-DNA Robbie-Part II Robots and AI in the Movies	Take Aim on Osama! ...two-thirds of human conversation is about social interactions...  Edge The Impact of Science Utopia Stephen Wolfram The Third Culture-Kevin Kelly The Ultimate Luddite "Dangerous" Science Dr. Mickey Foxwell Unspeakable Conversations BBC Online Philosophy Research Base	Is Science Fiction About To Go Blind? The Constant Reader's Commonplace Book A Commonplace Book for Advisors The Electronic Labyrinth Matrix Reloaded Explained? Book Crossing Biographies The Martin Delany Homepage The Asimov Homepage The Great Books American Writers II The Encyclopedia of Books and Knowledge Franz Inc. TutorGIG MindBrainSoul Becoming Human New Scientist MIT OpenCourseWare CARRIE-A Full Text Electronic Library Banned Books Online CARRIE Index Prototista The Matrix Philosophy Kevin Warwick Science Dictionaries and References The Third Culture Critical Genetics Project European Life Science Gazette The DNA Revolution The World Transhumanist Association Mind Floss Eisenhower National Clearinghouse Abacci Books Page By Page Books Web-Books 4literature.net Book Rags Pinkmonkey Charles Dickens Page The Republic of Pemberley The University of Adelaide eBooks Abebooks.com

 

Betty Bright Scenario

SCOPE - WISE

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare 

What is Man?

Alexander Pope Skepticism as a Virtue The Last Question - Asimov The Great Chain of Being-An Introduction to Essay on Man Selected Poetry and Prose of Alexander Pope Mark Twain-What is Man? What is man that thou art mindful of him? How the Biblical Canon Was Chosen Origin of the Holy Bible  Genesis Bulfinch's Mythology The Myth of Prometheus  Mary Shelley-Frankenstein Humanity in Frankenstein Technology and its dangerous effects on nature and human life as perceived in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and William Gibson's Neuromancer Frankenstein's Dream Frankenstein-Penetrating the Secrets of Nature   INDEX A View From The Trees A Scientific Answer to the Deep Questions The creation myths of Christianity and other religions provide answers to the deep questions: Is there a meaning to life? Who are we? Why are we here? What is man? After posing the last of three questions, the biologist George Gaylord Simpson declared... "All attempts to answer that question before 1859 are worthless and...we will be better off if we ignore them completely." Since Darwin gave us the theory of evolution by natural selection, we have had a genuinely scientific answer to the deep questions. No longer do we have to resort to superstition to answer them. The scientific answers to deep questions have struck some people as dull and uninspiring compared with the colourful myths of religion. Origins Video NOVA: ORIGINS New Species Revealed: Tiny Cousins of Humans The Eagle Nebula Origins of Life-Theories and Genetics Understanding Evolution PBS Evolution BBC Evolution Website The Origin of Species Hominids Becoming Human Anthropolgy Web Ring A Look At Modern Human Origins Genetic Origins-Dolan Center Cold Spring Harbor Genetics and Race Physical Anthropology Human Origins-Evidence in the Genes Genetic Origins-Mysterious Earth Australopithecus africanus

Joseph Campbell

Joseph Campbell Foundation Joseph Campbell-Wikipedia Joe Campbell's Mythic Journey Star Wars and the Mythic Quest Archetypal Criticism and Joseph Campbell

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Brave New Baby

Man is DNA's way of understanding itself DNA: The Next 50 Years The Evolution of the Revolution Genetics Education Center New Scientist:DNA On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published their Nobel Prize winning description of the DNA double helix, which spawned over the next 50 years unimaginable medical advances including vaccines, diagnostics, drugs, and the complete sequencing of the human genome. -April 2003 will be a pivotal month in the past, present, and future of genetic medicine: -50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA's double helical structure -Completion of the sequencing of the human genome -National proclamation of April 2003 as "Human Genome Month" and April 25 as "DNA Day." -Preview of the exhibit "Genome: The Secret to How Life Works" at the Smithsonian Institution's Arts and Industries Building.  The exhibit is made possible by Pfizer and produced by Clear Channel Exhibitions in collaboration with the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services and the Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research.  The full exhibit opens June 8, 2003 and will run through January 4, 2004. The Remastered Race Chromos PGD: The Next Big Thing? DNA Microchip Technology DNA Microarray Methodology-Flash Animation Using PGD t0 Prevent Sex-Linked Diseases Ohio State Health University-PGD Program American Society for Reproductive Medicine European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

National Human Genome Research Institute-Office of Genome Ethics Gene Forum Embryo Police Should Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Be Used to Select for Traits? New research shows women's fertility starts declining from late 20s and men's from late 30s.

Roborat Ethics and Genetically Modified Foods Genetically Modified Rice Taxonomy Browser-Human Genetics and Public Issues DNA Replication Animation Transcription Animation Pharmacogenomics Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Biointeractive Modules Biology Teaching Homepage

The Trial of Galileo

Famous Trials-Galileo Update: The Trial of Galileo

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Consilience

2 Think.org-Review of Consilience Uniting Knowledge-An Interview with E.O. Wilson Consilience-Case Studies in Complex Adaptive Systems Is Everything Relative?-A Debate on the Unity of Knowledge

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Welcome to Utopia

"One should hope that the ideal man would strive to better himself and his surroundings while trying to learn all he can about life in both the aspects of beauty and science." - Marcy Groman Bioethics for Beginners Utopia-The Search for the Ideal Society in the Western World Utopia Links Utopia on the Internet Utopia-Thomas More Thomas More Bios Thomas More Website Biography of Aldous Huxley Huxley.net Brave New World Brave New World Audio Tape Brave New World Revisited  1984 Audio Tape The Principality of New Utopia The Society for Utopian Studies Utopia Human Egss Divide Without Sperm Utopian Sites created by Individuals Science and Ethics Oral Presentations

Utopian Protocols

Your Utopia will represent your Final Exam in Science and Ethics and should therefore be the quality of your contract grade. I will judge your work based on the level of the A, B, & C criteria established in the regular contract. You are to address the Five Areas considered to be the core of any society. Government Economics Religion Education Family This is to be your version of the "perfect society" so give it thought and demonstrate an understanding of the brief teachings of Science and Ethics concerning the philosophy of the good life and happiness. Consider the reports of your fellow students on the topics covered in the course and our many in depth daily conversations on science and its affect on the future. Present us with your variation on the theme of "how it should be." Good luck!

Genetics

Craig Venter's Epic Voyage to Redefine the Origin of the Species

What is the Singularity? The Singularity KurzweilAI.net Is Science Fiction About To Go Blind? Nanotechnology Now-Singularity Transhumanist Techno Rapture

Aristotle on Happiness Defining Happiness The Pursuit of Happiness Aristotle Virtue and Happiness Aristotle on Happiness Aristotle's Ethics-Book Ten Plato and Aristotle Nicomachian Ethics Western Canon University

The Road to the Renaissance La Renaissance The Renaissance in Italy History of Science How Greek Science Passed to the Arabs What Inspired This Age of Balance and Order? Virtual Renaissance Renaissance-The Elizabethan World

The Complexity of Life Complex Systems Chaos in the Classroom The Chaos Game The Complexity & Artificial Life Research Concept for Self-Organizing Systems Applications of Complexity Methods to Academic and Business fields

Web Books Kellscraft Online Books Abacci Books Page By Page Books Web-Books 4literature.net Book Rags Pinkmonkey Charles Dickens Page The Republic of Pemberley The University of Adelaide eBooks Abebooks.com Classic Short Stories

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