What Scientists Think (Paperback)  | Released: 01 Dec 2005

What are leading scientists working on now? What do they think about the working of the brain, climate change, animal experimentation, cancer, and mental illness? Is science progressing or in retreat? Is this century humankind's last? These are just some of the compelling questions discussed by twelve of world's leading scientists and scientific thinkers in this fascinating book. In engaging and lucid discussion, they clarify many of the complex scientific challenges and dilemmas facing science today. They also explain what drives their interest in science, revealing something of the often-neglected personal side of science. Steven Pinker Evolutionary Psychology Robin Murray Psychiatry and SchizophreniaKevin Warwick CyberneticsSusan Greenfield The Brain and Human ConsciousnessNorman Levitt Science under ThreatE.O. Wilson BiodiversitySteve Jones GenesDorothy Crawford Viruses and their ThreatsMichael Stratton Cancer Research Martin Rees Science: Its Dangers and Its Public Colin Blakemore Medical Research, Animal Experimentation and ScienceJohn Polkinghorne Science and ReligionWhat are scientists working on today? What do they worry about? What do they think about the working of the brain, climate change, animal experimentation, cancer, and mental illness? Is science progressing or in retreat? Is this century humankind's last? These are just some of the compelling and provocative questions tackled here by twelve of the world's leading scientists and scientific thinkers. In engaging and lucid discussion, they clarify many of the most urgent scientific challenges and dilemmas facing science today. Essential reading for anyone interested in popular science, What Scientists Think is edited and written by Jeremy Stangroom of the highly successful The Philosopher's Magazine and includes a foreword by Marek Kohn, author of A Reason for Everything: Natural Selection and the British Imagination.