brainstorm research paper

For my lib 200 class i have to write a research paper on a topic that somehow connects science and technology with Humanism. It seems a though the two cultures have been separated by a thick line that only recently people have dared to cross. I myself am a strict humanist with hardly a slight interest in crossing the line of separation but it seems as though i am forced to by this research paper required by my professor. In order for me to get through this paper i will have to pick a topic that holds my interest and is less science and technology and more humanism. Their were two topics talked about that caught some of my interest although i will still need to look into them further to get a stronger understanding and grip on the topics. The first one to catch my eye was research paper idea number one. Taking a book and discussing its presentation of science and technology. The thing i don’t like about that is that i don’t want to read a book and focus on the science and technology aspect of it. If i read a book i want to absorb myself in the interact relationships between the characters and the setting, time, place, era, ect where it takes place. Although one of the suggested books on that list caught my attentions it’s called The Echo Maker by Richard Powers. This book is about a man who believes that all the people in his life have been replaced by doubles. I can’t exactly say what i would write about if chose this because i did not read the book yet. I suppose i would write about whatever medicine or experiments where in the book. The second topic that caught my eye was from research paper idea number three, writing about the attraction theory and how evolutionary psychology has been used to explain attraction. This interests me strictly because of the topic name. As a humanist i am interested in what makes people attracted to the people they are attracted to, however this topic scares me because of the amount if science that will be involved in this topic. It is completely saturated in science and scientific theory. I am not ready to write a paper let alone an entire research paper based on science or technology. I guess i will have to start reading the Echo Maker by Richard Powers and start gathering what i can about the author, and the book, and whatever controversy the book may have caused if any.