Libros
Colin Hiram Tudge · Penguin Random House, 2011
"In The Engineer in the Garden, Colin Tudge leads us through the intricacies of genetic theory - from its earliest classical form, to plant and animal breeding, to cloning and the Human Genome Project. He explains and questions the presumptions and ramifications of every scientific assertion about "advance," including sociobiology, genetic counseling, the creation of novel vaccines, and the possibility of prolonging human life. Cautious but not alarmist, Tudge argues that these scientific advances have far outpaced our thinking about them, and charges us to recognize that since science is part of the social order, scientific literacy is no longer a privilege of but a requirement for citizenship in the global community.
Our response to these new technologies must necessarily involve our deepest thoughts about democratic principles, economic theory, and the meaning of life." "A lucid and engaging overview of what we have learned thus far, The Engineer in the Garden is also a passionate and provocative work of social criticism."--Jacket.
Universitario · En inglés
Ted Peters
Routledge, 2002
Since the original publication of Playing God? in 1996, three developments in genetic technology have moved to the center of the public conversation about the ethics of human bioengineering. Cloning, the completion of the human genome project, and, most recently, the controversy over stem cell research have all…
Divulgación · En inglés
Eric S. Grace
Joseph Henry Press, 2006
"Biotechnology" may raise more hope and fear...revelation and confusion...excitement and alarm than any other term in today's headlines. In Biotechnology Unzipped, scientist and skilled science popularizer Eric Grace helps readers understand what biotechnology is and what implications it holds for all of us. Grace…
Divulgación
Richard C. Lewontin
Ediciones Paidos Iberica, 2002
¿Está determinada nuestra naturaleza --como individuos, como especie-- por nuestra evolución y codificada en nuestros genes? Si analizamos las secuencias de proteínas de nuestro ADN, ¿podremos curar cualquier aflicción fisiológica y psicológica e incluso resolver los problemas sociales más importantes? Hoy en día, los…
Introducción · En inglés
Karl Drlica
John Wiley and Sons (WIE), 2003
Do you realize how much impact DNA technology has on your life today? Registering your child's DNA with the police, bold new medical cures, the perfect tomato, gene cloning and DNA manipulation are no longer remote events that will have impact in your life they are today's headlines! In this highly acclaimed guide,…
Divulgación · En inglés
David Ewing Duncan
HarperCollins, 2008
James Watson, J. Craig Venter, Francis Collins, Cynthia Kenyon ... you may not know them, but you should. They are the masterminds of genetics and biotechnology who want you to live to be 150 years old, to regenerate your heart and brain, to create synthetic life. For better or worse, they are about to alter life on…
