Film tracing the history of modern experimental science. Young black male sitting a kitchen table with geometric model sets, writing. Nuclear explosion. Rotating police siren. Spinning magazine headline: "What's Happening to American Morality?" Signs: "Exotica School of Massage," "Nude," "Institute of Oral Love." Headline: "Alcohol and Marijuana: Spreading Menace Among Teen-Agers." Signs: "Liquor," "Cocktails." CU of a joint being rolled. Extreme CU of pills, mostly red capsules. Headline: "33 Rounded Up in Latest Push on Drugs in Schools." CU of a hypodermic needle sticking into a piece of cotton on a bent spoon. Headline: "Hard-Drug Menace." Needle going into flesh. Headline: "More and More Businesses 'Stoen Blind.'" CU of a woman shoplifting jewelry. Headline: "Crimes By Women Are on the Ris All Over the World," panning to picture of women in jail. Zoom in on headline: "Latest FBI Count: Sharpest Spurt Ever in Violence, Theft." Poice covering a body on the street with a sheet. Spinning headline: "Spiraling Crime: How to Protect Yourself." Police arresting a man on the street at night. Young man studying in a library. Nuclear explosion. External shot of an industrial facility.