Volume 32, Number 14 · September 26, 1985
Brave New World
By M.F. Perutz
Solid Clues: Quantum Physics, Molecular Biology, and the Future of Science
by Gerald Feinberg
Simon and Schuster, 287 pp., $17.95
Gerald Feinberg, a physicist at Columbia University, writes that his book will 'attempt to predict the changes that will take place over the next few decades in the content of science and in the lives of scientists,' especially physicists and biologists. He does not think that there is a 'procedure for anticipating the future of science,' a science of science, but he supposes that he can identify the gaps in existing science and then 'speculate on how they might be filled.' He also thinks that he can foretell future scientific developments 'by analyzing the ways in which science has evolved in the past, and using these insights to make educated guesses about future breakthroughs.'
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