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Can science make sense of life? / Sheila Jasanoff.
Van Pelt Library Q175.32.M43 J37 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jasanoff, Sheila, author.
- Series:
- New human frontiers series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Meaning (Philosophy).
- Life.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 208 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Nearly 70 years after the dawn of the genetic age, biotechnology, scientists proclaim, is poised to rewrite the book of life. Yet, how far can science go in making sense of what "life" means to human beings and societies? This book looks at flash points in law, politics, ethics, and culture to argue that the claims of rewriting life are overblown"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A new lens on life
- Book of revelations
- Life and law : constitutional turns
- Life in the gray zone
- Language games
- A new biopower
- Life's purposes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Jasanoff, Sheila, author. Can science make sense of life?
- ISBN:
- 9781509522705
- 1509522700
- 9781509522712
- 1509522719
- OCLC:
- 1004370827
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