... ad-vances in the others, so that the potential for synergy among them is particularlygreat. Within the biological sciences and engineering, the successful character-ization of the human genome, ... countries and the destabilization of the international system that comesfrom severe economic disparities.In the wake of September 11, the attention of the nation and the world on the need to ... choices in the next decade will influence the science and technologyenterprise. Therefore, in the last chapter of the report, “Conclusions,” the com-mittee has attempted to link and encompass the...