2 0 0 8 ) ▁interest ▁in ▁Wein berg ' s ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁proposal ▁of ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁new ▁strong ▁interactions ▁– ▁a ▁proposal ▁dub bed ▁" Te chn icol or " ▁by ▁Leonard ▁Sus sk ind ▁– ▁because ▁of ▁its ▁chance ▁of ▁being ▁observed ▁in ▁the ▁L HC ▁as ▁an ▁explanation ▁of ▁the ▁hierarchy ▁problem . ▁ ▁Steven ▁Wein berg ▁is ▁frequently ▁among ▁the ▁top ▁scient ists ▁with ▁highest ▁research ▁effect ▁indices , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁h - index ▁and ▁the ▁cre ativity ▁index . ▁ ▁Other ▁contributions ▁Besides ▁his ▁scientific ▁research , ▁Steven ▁Wein berg ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁public ▁sp okes man ▁for ▁science , ▁test ifying ▁before ▁Congress ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁Super con duct ing ▁Super ▁Coll ider , ▁writing ▁articles ▁for ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Review ▁of ▁Books , ▁and ▁giving ▁various ▁lect ures ▁on ▁the ▁larger ▁meaning ▁of ▁science . ▁His ▁books ▁on ▁science ▁written ▁for ▁the ▁public ▁combine ▁the ▁typical ▁scientific ▁popular ization ▁with ▁what ▁is ▁tradition ally ▁considered ▁history ▁and ▁philosophy ▁of ▁science ▁and ▁at he ism . ▁ ▁Wein berg ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁particip ant ▁in ▁what ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Science ▁Wars , ▁standing ▁with ▁Paul ▁R . ▁G ross , ▁Norman ▁Lev itt , ▁Alan ▁S okal , ▁Lewis ▁Wol pert , ▁and ▁Richard ▁Daw kins , ▁on ▁the ▁side ▁arg uing ▁for ▁the ▁hard ▁real ism ▁of ▁science ▁and ▁scientific ▁knowledge ▁and ▁against ▁the ▁construction ism ▁proposed ▁by ▁such ▁social ▁scient ists ▁as ▁Stanley ▁Ar on ow itz ,