BOSS NASTi
The Boss.
To be honest if you can get the literacy and university first which are the only two techs that give you the +1 science in each city bonuses, then you pretty well set off. Also being able to get the +1 pops in each city as well are the best thing you can get for a Feeding strat like Great Humanitarian's, Irrigation, and anything else that will increase pop. If your already on a roll getting bonuses then you pretty much can assume your ahead of your opponet.