Dominance of science policy by physicists seen waning with end of cold war and rise of biological..

Considers the new balance of power in the sciences, where the biological revolution is producing an avalanche of stunning scientific and technological progress, and may have important implications for how the federal government supports scientificresearch. Assertion of Michael Schrage in the `Los Angeles Times' that the age of the physicists is over; Comments by physicists; Cutback on total expenditures in physics; Healthy sharing of influence.