PART THREE - Modern Scientific Issues

              

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The Age of Industry

The Age of Information

The Global Brain

Energy

Nanosciences and Modern Innovations

Case Studies

Microelectronics

Photonics

Quantum computers

The Internet

Micro ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)

Genomes and Proteomics

Genetic Engineering

Human Cloning and Xenotransplantation

Non-biological Replicators, Automata, Non-biological Life

Science For the Planet

Sustainability

Forests, oceans, soil, food production, species diversity, the food chain

Climatic change, global warming

Human survival

Fresh Water

Literacy and Education

Disease, Plagues and Drug Resistance

Cultural Earthquake Regions and Cultural Mind Sets

The Global Village

Propaganda and Truth

Social Innovation Policy Issues

Government Funding of Innovation

The Canadian Innovation Model

Conformity Enforcement in Developed Economies