General Theme Links

Museum of the History of Science
http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/
Includes on-line exhibits and a large database of images.

Voice of the Shuttle's Science, Technology, and Culture Page
http://vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/science.html
Numerous links to sites related to science and culture

Internet History of Science Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/science/sciencesbook.html
Links to sites on the history of science, arranged chronologically from Ancient Egypt to the present.


Links for Readings in the Theme

Jonathan Weiner, Genetic Engineering
Dangers of Genetically Engineered Food
http://www.safe-food.org/-issue/dangers.html

Steven Weinberg, Five and a Half Utopias
Utopian Philosophy
http://users.erols.com/jonwill/
This site argues for Utopian thinking as a philosophy for the betterment of all people.

A Science of Civilization
http://hometown.aol.com/DrHumph/index.html
A "scientific" approach to Utopia, drawing on the philosophy of Aristotle, Lock, and Hobbes.

John Berendt, The Hoax
The Museum of Hoaxes
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/
Hoaxes from pre-1700 to today.

Carl Sagan, Science and Hope
Carl Sagan.com
http://www.carlsagan.com/
Billions and billions of features and links.

Andrew C. Revkin, Some Big Ideas Wash Up One Bulb at a Time
Chaos Without the Math
http://www.wfu.edu/~petrejh4/chaosind.htm
History and discussion of chaos and complexity theory.