The nature of scientific objectivity and the question of progress

1. HOW does science progresses

1.1. discovery and development of penicillin

1.2. virtual erradication of smallpox

1.3. treatments in cancer

1.4. nanotechnology

2. the influence of social demands, needs and beliefs on science

2.1. life expectancy and ageing

2.2. Peak oil and the apocalypse

2.3. Global warming

3. Influence of science and society on beliefs

3.1. Darwin and Huxley

3.1.1. 'Darwin's Bulldog'

4. Influence of developing scientific techniques on progress

4.1. forensic science

4.2. transplant surgery

4.3. DNA identification

4.4. medical treatments such as kidney dialysis, sight defects

5. Biographies of important scientists

5.1. Marie Curie

5.2. Charles Darwin

5.3. Stephen Hawking

5.4. michael Faraday

5.5. Sigmund Freud

5.6. Stanley Milgram