Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
What This Book Is About
Part I. Education
Chapter 1. Socialism in One (Indian) Nation
Chapter 2. David Koresh Middle School: Observations on Education in America
Chapter 3. The Computer in the Classroom
Chapter 4. Cosmic Censorship
Part II. The Environment
Chapter 5. The Greatest Chemical Engineer There Ever Was: A Cautionary Tale
Chapter 6. Galileo in Pittsburgh
Chapter 7. Bert’s Buick: A Conversation on Climate Change
Chapter 8. Sacrifice of the Lawn
Part III. Science?
Chapter 9. John Henry at NASA
Chapter10. Total Information Awareness
Chapter 11. In and Out of Freud’s Shadow
Chapter 12. What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate
Chapter 13. Where Software Goes to Die
Suggested Reading
Index