The Nova Reader: Science at the Turn of the Millennium

NOVA is a commemorative edition celebrating 25 years of scientific breakthrough in the fields of space exploration, genetics, computer science, neuroscience and the environment, as investigated by the award-winning public television program, NOVA. Selected by Sandra Hackman, formerly editor of MIT's Technology Review, and with an introduction by noted physicist Philip Morrison, NOVA celebrates major breakthroughs in five areas of science, as documented over the past 25 years on the prolific and hugely popular NOVA series on PBS. Contributions come from Wall Street Journal reporters Michael Waldholz (genetics) and G. Pascal Zachary (computer science) and science writers William Scheller (the environment), Richard Mauer (space exploration), Beth Horning (neuroscience) and Paula S. Apsell, executive producer of NOVA. Celebrating the scientific achievements of the past, this companion book to the country's top-rated regularly scheduled science program poses questions about what are likely to be the next scientific breakthroughs over the next 25 years.