Number 25 ~ Summer 2009
Essays
A Space Program for the Rest of Us
Rand Simberg on the wrong lessons of Apollo and the right way to reach space
The Lost Prestige of Nuclear Physics
N. J. Slabbert on the American retreat from nuclear technology
Science and Medicine in Fiction
The Ambiguous Utopia of Iain M. Banks
Alan Jacobs on the “Culture” novels and the price of bliss
Plato in Space
Charles T. Rubin on science, politics, and faith in Neal Stephenson’s Anathem
Unchosen Lives
Caitrin Nicol on Jodi Picoult’s tales at the threshold
Creating Frankenstein
Jeremy Kessler on Victor’s monster and the Shelleys’ story
Reviews and Reconsiderations
The Fusion Illusion
Max Schulz on false starts, fraud, and the real promise of nuclear fusion
Too Hot to Handle
Jordan R. Raney throws cold water on climate extremists
Medicine and Moral Authority
Daniel P. Sulmasy reviews Jonathan Imber’s Trusting Doctors
State of the Art
Fighting Fake Drugs
Solving Africa’s Counterfeiting Problem
Roger Bate
Test Ban Treaty, Take Two
Banning Tests Won’t Stop Nuclear Weapons Development
Christopher A. Ford
Romancing the Atom
Uranium Prospecting, Once and Again
Robert R. Johnson
China’s Organ Market
A Tale of Prisoners, Tourists, and Lies
S. Elizabeth Forsythe
Nutrition and Tradition
The Science of Food and the Culture of Cooking
John Schwenkler
