PHYD72H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Ozone Depletion, Nikolai Kondratiev
9 Apr 2015
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Technology: saviour or frankenstein: bombing of hiroshima divided the twentieth century into two distinct periods, period before hiroshima the era of naive optimism. During that time, technology could do no wrong. Newyork: partial meltdown of the reactor core at nuclear facility in pennsylvania caused lethal radioactive water and gas to pour into the environment, gas leak at a poorly maintained pesticide plant in bhopal, india killed 4 000, no. 4 reactor at ukraine, exploded, releasing 30-40 x the radioactivity of the blast at: exxon valdez ran aground in alaska, spilling crude oil, producing a dangerous germs. people. Latest concern of technological skeptics is biotechnology: biologists can splice genes together, creating plants & animals with entirely new characteristics. Is technology the great driving force of historical and social change? opinion of both cheerleaders and naysayers--who view technology as our saviour and those who fear it as a frankenstein. Focus on global warming, industrial pollution, and of biodiversity.
