@BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Attracting PhDs to K-12 Education: A Demonstration Program for Science, Mathematics, and Technology", isbn = "978-0-309-08427-7", abstract = "The National Research Council (NRC) has undertaken a three-phase project to explore the possibility of a program to attract science, mathematics and engineering PhDs to careers in K-12 education. The first phase of the project surveyed the interests of recent PhDs in science and mathematics in pursuing careers in secondary education. Analysis of the Phase I data suggests that a significant percentage of PhDs might be interested in pursuing careers in secondary education under some circumstances. This report from the second phase of the project presents a proposal for a national demonstration program to determine how one might prepare PhDs to be productive members of the K-12 education community. The proposed program is designed to help meet the needs of the nation's schools, while providing further career opportunities for recent PhDs in science, mathematics and engineering. ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10433/attracting-phds-to-k-12-education-a-demonstration-program-for", year = 2002, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Predicting Invasions of Nonindigenous Plants and Plant Pests", isbn = "978-0-309-08264-8", abstract = "Nonindigenous plants and plant pests that find their way to the United States and become invasive can often cause problems. They cost more than $100 billion per year in crop and timber losses plus the expense of herbicides and pesticides. And this figure does not include the costs of invasions in less intensively managed ecosystems such as wetlands. \nNonindigenous Plants and Plant Pests examines this growing problem and offers recommendations for enhancing the science base in this field, improving our detection of potential invaders, and refining our ability to predict their impact. \nThe book analyzes the factors that shape an invader\u2019s progress through four stages: arriving through one of many possible ports of entry, reaching a threshold of survival, thriving through proliferation and geographic spread, and ultimate impact on the organism\u2019s new environment. The book also reviews approaches to predicting whether a species will become an invader as well as the more complex challenge of predicting and measuring its impact on the environment, a process involving value judgments and risk assessment.\nThis detailed analysis will be of interest to policymakers, plant scientists, agricultural producers, environmentalists, and public agencies concerned with invasive plant and plant pest species.\n", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10259/predicting-invasions-of-nonindigenous-plants-and-plant-pests", year = 2002, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP title = "(NAS Colloquium) The Future of Evolution", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10499/nas-colloquium-the-future-of-evolution", year = 2002, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council", editor = "Greg Pearson and A. Thomas Young", title = "Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know More About Technology", isbn = "978-0-309-08262-4", abstract = "Cell phones . . . airbags . . . genetically modified food . . . the Internet. These are all emblems of modern life. You might ask what we would do without them. But an even more interesting question might be what would we do if we had to actually explain how they worked?\n\nThe United States is riding a whirlwind of technological change. To be sure, there have been periods, such as the late 1800s, when new inventions appeared in society at a comparable rate. But the pace of change today, and its social, economic, and other impacts, are as significant and far reaching as at any other time in history. And it seems that the faster we embrace new technologies, the less we\u2019re able to understand them.\nWhat is the long-term effect of this galloping technological revolution? In today\u2019s new world, it is nothing less than a matter of responsible citizenship to grasp the nature and implications of technology.\nTechnically Speaking provides a blueprint for bringing us all up to speed on the role of technology in our society, including understanding such distinctions as technology versus science and technological literacy versus technical competence. It clearly and decisively explains what it means to be a technologically-literate citizen. The book goes on to explore the context of technological literacy\u2014the social, historical, political, and educational environments.\nThis readable overview highlights specific issues of concern: the state of technological studies in K-12 schools, the reach of the Internet into our homes and lives, and the crucial role of technology in today\u2019s economy and workforce. Three case studies of current issues\u2014car airbags, genetically modified foods, and the California energy crisis\u2014illustrate why ordinary citizens need to understand technology to make responsible decisions.\nThis fascinating book from the National Academy of Engineering is enjoyable to read and filled with contemporary examples. It will be important to anyone interested in understanding how the world around them works.\n", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10250/technically-speaking-why-all-americans-need-to-know-more-about", year = 2002, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Environmental Effects of Transgenic Plants: The Scope and Adequacy of Regulation", isbn = "978-0-309-08263-1", abstract = "Transgenic crops offer the promise of increased agricultural productivity and better quality foods. But they also raise the specter of harmful environmental effects. In this new book, a panel of experts examines: \n\u2022 Similarities and differences between crops developed by conventional and transgenic methods \n\u2022 Potential for commercialized transgenic crops to change both agricultural and nonagricultural landscapes \n\u2022 How well the U.S. government is regulating transgenic crops to avoid any negative effects. \nEnvironmental Effects of Transgenic Plants provides a wealth of information about transgenic processes, previous experience with the introduction of novel crops, principles of risk assessment and management, the science behind current regulatory schemes, issues in monitoring transgenic products already on the market, and more. The book discusses public involvement\u2014and public confidence\u2014in biotechnology regulation. And it looks to the future, exploring the potential of genetic engineering and the prospects for environmental effects. \n", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10258/environmental-effects-of-transgenic-plants-the-scope-and-adequacy-of", year = 2002, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }