A minimum of technological awareness is essential to Black Africa in its efforts to modernize itself. The young grow up deprived of an environment where they are made to feel at home with gadgets and machines. Elementary technical training and orderly exposure to mathematics are essential to child's education. (EB)

Legal attitudes today may gradually foster a new ethic for technology in the minds of the purveyors of technology because, while the trend of past American legal doctrine has been to hold the producers of goods and devices responsible for the foreseeable injuries their products inflict, American courts and law are now increasingly supporting a…

Discussed is the history and elements of the personal computer. Its uses as a laboratory assistant and generic toolkit for mathematical analysis and modeling are included. The future of the personal computer in research is addressed. (KR)

Discussed are factors related to feeding the world's population. Knowledge of nutritional needs is far from sufficient. Account must also be taken of economic aspects affecting the availability of food, public policy, and the capability and willingness of individuals and groups to modify their food behavior if necessary. (Author/RH)

Discusses three points of view on the place of science and technology in African society. Examines the relationship that exists between cultural values and science and technology development. Provides implications at three levels of technology. (Author/YP)

Steps must be taken to enhance diets in order to ensure proper nutrition and total health as well as to avert periodic famine brought on by natural and man-made cataclysms. Some concrete technical, educational, economic and legislative proposals are advanced. (Author/RH)

The linking of art to the progress of science and technology reveals irregularities in the relationship. Art had a significant role in the emergence of the industrial era, while expanding scientific research and its technical applications caused some art forms to pass from figurative to abstract. (Editor/JR)

Presents some highlights on Einstein's life and his main contributions to physics. (HM)

Reviews the rapid development of science and technology in the U.S.S.R., and the efforts made toward establishing conditions favorable to the training of young scientists. (MLH)

Some of the causes of malnutrition are man-inspired, whether because of cultural or social inclinations or out of ignorance. This often results in food adequate in quantity but not in quality. Other reasons are economic, ecological, demographic, or concern public health. Several solutions are proposed. (Author/RH)

Biological nitrogen fixation accounts for almost 70 percent of nitrogen for plant growth. If food is to keep abreast of population growth, even more nitrogen must be fixed. For this international research institutes continue the search for natural variants in the bacterial population while also pursuing novel genetic engineering methods. (Author)

Game-playing has become a more generalized phenomenon than ever, entering into public recreation, school programs, and commercial promotional efforts. Games require competitive interaction between two or more individuals, making game-playing useful in clinical therapy and opening games to technological innovation. The latest such innovation is the…