Science Café

Forbidding Science: Are There Things We Just Shouldn’t Know?

Dr. Dave Guston
Professor, Political Science
Director, Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University
Dr. Stuart Lindsay
Professor, Physics; Chemistry and Biochemistry
Director, Center for Single Molecule Biophysics
Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
Dr. Roy Curtis
Professor, School of Life Sciences
Director, Infectious Disease and Vaccinology
Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University

Is some science simply too dangerous? If so, should it be forbidden? Scientists from diverse backgrounds will explore how we can deal with these difficult questions.

Friday, May 18, 2007
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Arizona Science Center
(Free admission to Science Café; reduced ticket to Body Worlds Exhibit)
Downtown Phoenix
Map to Arizona Science Center

Science Cafés are informal discussions that bring together members of the community and university scientists, to discuss how science and technology can change the future.

In a typical café, scientists speak for 15-20 minutes on a topic, with the rest of the time for the public to ask questions and present concerns.

The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (CNS-ASU) facilitates the public's involvement in nanoscale research and development, to build new capabilities for understanding and governing the societally transforming power of nanotechnology. CNS-ASU is affiliated with the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes (CSPO), in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. CNS-ASU research, education and outreach activities are supported by the National Science Foundation under cooperative agreement #0531194.

Contact Information:
Joi Trottier
Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University
PO Box 874401
Tempe, AZ 85287-4401
480-965-7074