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Consumer's guide to a brave new world / Wesley J. Smith.
Van Pelt Library TP248.23 .S657 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Wesley J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biotechnology--Social aspects.
- Biotechnology.
- Genetic engineering--Social aspects.
- Genetic engineering.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 219 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, Calif. : Encounter Books, 2004.
- Summary:
- Smith unravels the mystery of stem cells and shows what's at stake in the controversy over using them for research. He describes the emerging science of human cloning and shows how it moves forward inexorably against the moral consensus of the world.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Biotech New World 1
- Chapter 2 The Great Stem Cell Debate of 2001 19
- Chapter 3 Reproduction as Replication 49
- Chapter 4 The Foot in the Door to Brave New World 69
- Chapter 5 Political Science 93
- Chapter 6 Will Humans Remain Human? 127.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-208) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1893554996
- OCLC:
- 56198861
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