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The State of Science

What the Future Holds and

the Scientists Making It Happen

Marc Zimmer

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Name: Zimmer, Marc, author.

Title: The state of science : what the future holds and the scientists making it happen / Marc Zimmer.

Description: Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: “New research and innovations in the field of science are leading to life-changing and world-altering discoveries like never before. What does the horizon of science look like? Who are the scientists that are making it happen? And, how are we to introduce these revolutions to a society in which a segment of the population has become more and more skeptical of science? Climate change is the biggest challenge facing our nation, and scientists are working on renewable energy sources, meat alternatives, and carbon dioxide sequestration. At the same time, climate change deniers and the politicization of funding threaten their work. CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) repurposes bacterial defense systems to edit genes, which can change the way we live but also presents real ethical problems. Optogenetics will help neuroscientists map complicated neural circuitry deep inside the brain, shedding light on treating Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Zimmer also investigates phony science ranging from questionable ‘health’ products to the fervent anti-vaccination movement. Zimmer introduces readers to the real people making these breakthroughs. Concluding with chapters on the rise of women in STEM fields, the importance of U.S. immigration policies to science, and new, unorthodox ways of DIY science and crowdsource funding, The State of Science shows where science is, where it is heading, and the scientists who are at the forefront of progress”—Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019054457 (print) | LCCN 2019054458 (ebook) | ISBN 9781633886391 (cloth) | ISBN 9781633886407 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Science—History. | Science—Social aspects. | Science—Forecasting.

Classification: LCC Q172 .Z56 2020 (print) | LCC Q172 (ebook) | DDC 500—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019054457

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019054458

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