SCIENCE IN THE 20TH CENTURY AND BEYOND

Science's claim to access universal truths about the natural world made it an irresistible resource for industrial empires, ideologi cal programs, and environmental campaigners during this period. Science has been at the heart of twentieth century history - from Ei nstein's new physics to the Manhattan Project, from eugenics to the Human Genome Project, or from the wonders of penicillin to the p romises of biotechnology. For some science would only thrive if autonomous and kept separate from the political world, while for oth ers scie...[Read more]