Articles by J Andrade

How should one teach nonscience majors science? In the modern university, nontechnical majors are, almost by definition, majors in the fine arts, the humanities, or the social sciences. Graduates from nonscience/nontechnical programs will not find work in laboratories, nor will they wear white lab coats or be involved with technical apparatuses, manipulations, or calculations. Their interaction with science will be in their everyday world. They should experience science in their university cou

I enjoyed Leon Lederman's Opinion essay in the Jan. 23, 1995, issue of The Scientist: "Memo to Research University Presidents" [page 12]. Warren Bennis, whose books include Why Leaders Can't Lead (San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 1989), has said, "I can't remember the last time any university president addressed any problems beyond his or her own campus. Universities have changed, and so have university presidents." W. Honan, in an editorial in the New York Times (July 24, 1994), wrote: "Today almo

Tools and Technology section of the March 7, 1994, issue of The Scientist [R. Lewis, page 17]. In addition to its growing and important applications in environmental and clinical diagnostics, bioluminescence is being increasingly used for science-education purposes. We use bioluminescent marine phytoplankton as a means to introduce elementary and junior high teachers to the scientific process and the development of critical-thinking

Tools and Technology section of the March 7, 1994, issue of The Scientist [R. Lewis, page 17]. In addition to its growing and important applications in environmental and clinical diagnostics, bioluminescence is being increasingly used for science-education purposes. We use bioluminescent marine phytoplankton as a means to introduce elementary and junior high teachers to the scientific process and the development of critical-thinking

AUTHOR: J.D. ANDRADE, p.12 I enjoyed the article "Vigilant Science Journal Editors Fight Redundancy" (Paul McCarthy, The Scientist, March 8, 1993, page 1). The real incentive for literature pollution, or your more polite term "literature redundancy," is the evaluation and reward system at most universities. Administrators and colleagues still decide tenure and promotion cases largely on the basis of numbers of papers in "peer- reviewed" journals. There rarely is any consideration of the signi