Embryos under the Microscope
The Diverging Meanings of Life
Published on 20. May 2014
348 pages
978-0-674-36972-6 (ISBN)
Description
Jane Maienschein examines how understanding of embryos evolved from the speculations of natural philosophers to bioengineering, with its life-enhancing therapies. She shows that research on embryos has always seemed promising to some but frightening to others, and makes the case that public understanding must be informed by scientific findings.
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Edition
Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
23 halftones, 1 table
23 halftones, 1 table
ISBN-13
978-0-674-36972-6 (9780674369726)
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05/2014
Harvard University Press
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Person
Maienschein Jane :
Jane Maienschein is Regents' Professor, President's Professor, and Parents Association Professor at the School of Life Sciences and Director of the Center for Biology and Society at Arizona State University. She is also Adjunct Scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Jane Maienschein is Regents' Professor, President's Professor, and Parents Association Professor at the School of Life Sciences and Director of the Center for Biology and Society at Arizona State University. She is also Adjunct Scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Content
Contents Preface One: Recurring Questions, Seeing and Believing Two: Hypothetical and Observed Embryos with Microscopes at Work Three: Experimental Embryos in the Laboratory Four: Inherited, Evolved, and Computed Embryos Five: The Visible Human Embryo Six: The Idea of Engineered and Constructed Embryos Seven: Constructing Embryos for Society, Stem Cells in Action Eight: Constraints and Opportunities for Construction Therefore... Notes Acknowledgments Index
