Science Policy and Fiction

April 30th, 2004

Posted by: Roger Pielke, Jr.

Science policy is hot stuff these days. Herman Wouk has a new book out, A Hole in Texas, that focuses on the politis surrounding the shutting down of the superconducting super collider in the early 1990s. Dan Brown has a series of novels focused on encryption, NASA, science and religion. Two new movies portray threats associated with cloning, Godsend and global warming, The Day after Tomorrow.

Why this attention to such a wonky topic? As Herman Wouk tells NPR, there are not too many topics more important that science and technology in modern society.

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  1. N.Q.B. (Not Quite a Blog) Says:

    So you want to be a grad student and new Herman Wouk book…

    Two great quick posts from the Prometheus Sciene and Technology Policy blog. Herman Wouk has a new book out, A Hole in Texas, that focuses on the politis surrounding the shutting down of the superconducting super collider in the early 1990s. and “Here’…