Description: This unique volume is published in honor of Nick Metropolis, a survivor of the Manhattan Project and significant builder of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Some of the leading scientists and humanists of our time have contributed essays related to their respective disciplines, giving a description of the present state of science and culture in light of the new millennium. Speculations on the future developments of science and society, philosophy, humankind, nuclear power, drug decriminalization, physics and biology, particle physics, computing, information science, among many others, are included in this volume.

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