Going Somewhere: Truth about a Life in Science

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Going Somewhere is a dynamic autobiographical narrative about Andrew Marino's career in science. With a depth and drama that arise from personal involvement, the book explores an exceptionally wide range of science-related matters: the relation between electrical energy and life; the influence of corporate and military power on science; the role of self-interest on the part of federal and state agencies that deal with human health, especially the NIH and the FDA; the importance of cross-examining scientific experts in legal hearings; the erroneous view of nature that results when the perspective of physics is extended into biology; the pivotal role of deterministic chaos theory in at least some cognitive processes. These matters arise in the long course of the author's scientific and legal activities involving the complex debate over the health risks of man-made environmental electromagnetic fields. The book offers far more than a solution to the contentious health issue. The story provides a portal into how science actually works, which you will see differs dramatically from the romantic notion of an objective search for truth. You will understand that science is a human enterprise, all too human, inescapably enmeshed in uncertainty. This realization has the potential to change your life because it will likely affect whom you choose to believe, and with what degree of confidence. Preface I Growing Up: 1956–1974 1 Starting Out 2 Incubation 3 Warrior 4 A Legal Turn 5 Beginner 6 Knowing 7 EMFs 8 A Long Day 9 Wagging Tails II Wandering: 1974–1980 10 The Commission 11 Monsters 12 Risk 13 Dangers 14 Zaret 15 Bone EMFs 16 Turning Point 17 Southbound III Detour: 1980–1994 18 Floating 19 Carbon Fibers 20 Power 21 Experts 22 Masters of Energy 23 Razzle-Dazzle 24 Ipse Dixit IV Understanding: 1994–1998 25 Szent-Gyorgyi 26 Looking at EMFs I to I V Return: 1998–2010 27 Christopher 28 Young Richman 29 Measure for Measure 30 Mind War Epilogue