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The Role of Science in Democracy A A A S . focuses o n the responsibilities o f scientists a n d their o r g a n i z a t i o n s in a society p r o f o u n d l y affected b y scientific progress A
DEFINITE CRISIS is impending in the
relationships between science and American society because science does not have an appropriate place i n the management of public affairs. This is the warning of a special committee which reported to the American Asso ciation for t h e Advancement of Science at its annual meeting in New York be tween t h e holidays. This is true, although economic, po litical, and social processes h a v e be come profoundly dependent u p o n sci ence, claimed t h e committee o n the Social Aspects of Science, w h i c h in cluded W a r d Pigman, associate pro fessor of biochemistry, University of Alabama medical center, as chairman, and four other scientists. AAAS resolved to try to help solve some of the problems that have come hand in h a n d with modern scientific progress. I n answer to the oft-heard objection that scientists should not speak outside their field of specializa tion, the committee reminded the scien tists that "the democratic system is op erated . . . under stimulus from groups. . . . Business and labor are not backward in presenting their opin ions on social questions that affect them." Also, ". . . i f others express their opinions and scientists do not, a distorted picture will be presented, a picture in which t h e importance of sci ence will be lacking and the democratic process will become to that extent un representative." T h e committee further reported that any action taken by AAAS should be based on t h e most "extended and broadly conducted discussion among natural and social scientists and other interested persons." I t s report, which fell into seven divisions (introduction, the new scientific revolution, the social position of science, t h e internal situa
tion of science, major social issues of scientific origin, some conclusions, and the need f o r action) was designed to sample some of the issues a n d furnish a starting p o i n t for such discussion. Unprecedented d e p e n d e n c e of so ciety upon science is shown by t h e in crease in expenditures for science from $166 million i n 1930 t o $5 billion in 1953 (approximately a 15-fold increase, allowing c h a n g e in dollar v a l u e ) , and the decrease i n the time lag between physical t h e o r y in the laboratory and industrial application. "Research has become a deliberate instrument" to achieve economic gains, rather than what was ^previously regarded b y in dustry as a kind of exotic garden to be cultivated i n t h e hope of producing an occasional rare fruit." • Impact of Society on Research. Government scientific activity shows u p in increased scale of military research, in the functions of t h e National Science Foundation, a n d in greatly increased support of the National Institutes of Health. There is a lack of proper public in terest in science, the report goes on to say, shown by t h e shortage of scientific personnel, by the small amount of coverage i n the public press, and by a traditional American disregard and dis respect for abstract thinking. • Effect of I m b a l a n c e . T h e report next asked t h e question: H o w h a s the recently accelerated rate of growth of science a n d the social influence upon it affected t h e character of American sci ence? T h e answer: T h e backward ness of basic research a n d t h e prepon derance of applied research has caused an unbalanced growth resulting in bot tlenecks in progress, e.g., difficulty in scientific communication among t h e di visions of science, among countries with differing languages, a n d in material
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overly restricted because of security regulations. The report cited some major social problems directly created by scientific progress: radiation dangers, some food additives, and fumes, smog, and dust. Controversy over the immediate signifi cance of the radiation dangers shows that methods for orderly determination of facts have not yet been developed in an area where such facts may influence the health of the earth's entire popula tion. Some problems were named which could be solved scientifically but which were not being so dealt with be cause of public suspicion or apathy: flood control and conservation of re sources. The damage from the recent floods in New England was given as "a direct consequence of the unplanned crowding of housing areas into the river flood-plains." Also mentioned were the slowness of biological and social re search, contrasted with acceleration of technological advances in warfare. The report concluded by quoting a past president of AAAS, Warren Weaver: "If the AAAS is to be a vigor ous force for the betterment of science, it cannot continue in the face of crucial situations with closed eyes and a dumb mouth/'
A regional analytical symposium, sponsored by the analytical groups of the Philadelphia and North Jersey Sec tions of the ACS and by the Metropoli tan Microchemical Society, will be held Feb. 8 at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia. Speakers at the symposium will be Clement Duval of Paris, whose topic wall be thermogravimetry; Hermann FlascKka of Cairo, Egypt, who will talk on complexones; Wolfgang Schoniger of Basel, Switzer land, on organic microanalysis, and Wolfgang Kirsten of Uppsala, Sweden, on ultramicroanalysis. The above speakers are coming to this country to participate in the Louisiana State University symposium at Baton Rouge and the symposium in Philadelphia was organized to give those in this region an opportunity to hear them. Chairman of the sympo sium is Walter Clavan, Pennsalt Chemi cals, Box 4388, Philadelphia 18, Pa.
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A subcommittee of the United States National Committee for the Interna tional Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has been ap pointed for the purpose of raising funds from chemists and chemical engineers adequate to provide the share of the U. S. A. in support of the permanent secretariat of IUPAC now located in Zurich. The subcommittee consists of Foster D. Snell, chairman; Robert E. Burk, and Arthur C. Cope, with Fred erick D. Rossini, chairman of the Na tional Research Council's Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology as member ex ofRcio. A previous solicitation was made in 1954 under the chairmanship of Wil liam J. Sparks when sufficient funds were raised in the same way to pay the 1955 United States' share toward the support of the IUPAC secretariat. Sev eral other nations are contributing amounts similar to that furnished by the United States. It is the feeling of the committee and of the Division of Chemistry and Chem ical Technology at the National Re search Council that such funds are de sirably raised from individual chemists and chemical engineers rather than from industry. Checks payable to the IUPAC FUND may be sent to IUPAC FUND, Division of Chemistry and
The Solar Furnace Symposium will be held Jan. 20 to 2 2 at the Hotel West ward Ho, Phoenix, Ariz., sponsored by the Association for Applied Solar En ergy and cosponsored b y Stanford Re search Institute, Arizona State College, and the University of Arizona. Sessions will be field on Design and Operation of Large Solar Furnaces, Furnaces for Basic and Applied Re search, and Furnace Performance De termination and Control. Each will have four papers. The opening ad dress, on High Temperature and New Materials, will be given by Gen. Les lie Simon, director of research and de velopment at the Carborundum Co. Speaker at the Monday evening public meeting will be C. C Furnas, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Development, who will talk on Solar Energy-How Will We Use It? Speaker at the Tuesday luncheon will be Clement Kevane, associate professor of chemistry at Arizona State College, who will talk on Construction and Op eration of the ASC Solar Furnace.
Regional Analytical Symposium
• The First Pan American Cancer Cytology Congress will be held in Miami Beach, Fla., April 25 to 29. It will be sponsored by the Southern Society of Cancer Cytology, Cancer
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ASSOCIATIONS Institute at Miami, University of Miami, and the C a n c e r Cytology F o u n dation of America. Included among t h e 12 papers on t h e program will b e one on Particulate Chemistry of C a n c e r Cells, by W . C. S c h n e i d e r of N a t i o n a l C a n c e r Institute. • Association of Consulting Chemists a n d Chemical Engineers will h o l d an informal l u n c h e o n m e e t i n g F e b . 5 at T h e Chemists' C l u b , N e w York City. E u g e n e W . K. Schwarz, consulting chemist, will speak on synthetic fibers. • A r m e d Forces C h e m i c a l A s s o c i a t i o n will hold its next annual m e e t i n g M a y 2 2 to 24 a t the Sheraton-Park Hotel, W a s h i n g t o n , D. C.
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American Chemical Society 131st National Meeting, Miami, Fla. April 7-12, 1957. 132nd National Meeting, New York, Ν. Y. Sept. 8-13, 1957. 133rd National Meeting, San Francisco, Calif. April 13-18, 1958. Other Organizations American Society for Testing Materials. Committee Week. Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Philadelphia. Feb. 4-8. Society of the Plastics Industry. 12tH Reinforced Plastics Division Conference. Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago. Feb.
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Clair J. Collins
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William Doering
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The Thermal Decomposition o f Hydrocarbons Carbenes: Organic Chemistry o f Divalent Carbons Carbon-14 and Organic Chemistry Carbenes: Organic Chemistry o f Divalent Carbons Cancer Chemotherapy
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Clair J. Collins
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Francis O . Rice
Carbon-14 a n d the Pinacol Rearrangement Recent Advances in Chemistry— O n Jupiter
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Francis O . Rice
Recent Advances in Chemistry— O n Jupiter
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A. H . Becker
Control of Product Quality
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L . B . Rogers
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W . H . Slabaugh
Principles of Chemical tions Filiform Corrosion
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Dayton Carritt
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E. W . R . Steacie
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L . B . Rogers
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E . W . R. Steacie
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Francis O . Rice
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Clair J. Collins William Doering
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Old and N e w Problems in Chemi cal Oceanography The Thermal Decomposition o f Hydrocarbons Principles of Chemical Separa tions Reactions of Free Radicals in Gaseous Systems Reactions of Free Radicals ÎJD Gaseous Systems Recent Advances in Chemistry— O n Jupiter Carbon-14 Carbenes: Divalent Carbenes: Divalent
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Clair J. Collins
Carbon-14 and Organic Chernistr-y
Charles P . Smyth
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L. B. Rogers
Molecular Shape and Relaxation Time Electrochemical Studies Using Dilute Solutions
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Clair J. Collins
Carbon-14 and Organic Chemistry
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L. B. Rogers
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W . H . Slabaugh
Principles of Chemical tions Filiform Corrosion
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L. B. Rogers
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