Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-230) and index.

Preface -- I : End of the age of physics -- Science and technology policy ; Policy goals and policy myths ; Beyond the age of physics : science, technology, and reality -- II : Myth of infinite benefit -- III : Myth of unfettered research -- External fetters : teapot in a tempest ; Internal fetters : the maleness of the system ; Unfettered reality -- IV : Myth of accountability -- V : Myth of authoritativeness -- DNA fingerprinting : disorder in the court ; Global climate change : an atmosphere of uncertainty ; Stratospheric ozone depletion : getting it right (by accident) ; Authoritative politics -- VI : Myth of the endless frontier -- Endless frontier, finite earth ; Moral science -- VII : Pas de trois : science, technology, and the marketplace -- Sound of invisible hands clapping ; Nobody's partner -- VIII : Science as a surrogate for social action -- Sickness care ; Best defense ; Tailoring people to taste -- IX : Toward a new mythology -- Five policy suggestions : Expanding diversity ; Integrating the human element ; Honest brokers ; Introducing democracy ; Global R & D community ; Search for ellipses.