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The shattered self : the end of natural evolution / Pierre Baldi.
Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2001.Description: xii, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780262025027
- 0262025027
- QH442 .B355 2001
Contents:
Subject: An exploration of the far-reaching scientific and social changes made possible by advances in molecular biotechnology.
1. Introduction --
2. Science today --
3. Molecular biology --
4. In vitro babies --
5. Human cloning --
6. Siamese twins --
7. Manipulating DNA --
8. Computers --
9. The last fronier: the brain --
10. Ethics and what can go wrong --
11. The information space --
Appendix A. The total number of humans --
Appendix B. Historical and technological aspects of cloning --
Appendix C. Stem cells --
Appendix D. Historical and technological aspects of the internet --
Appendix E. Sizing the internal self up and other brain issues.
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"A Bradford book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-236) and index.
1. Introduction --
2. Science today --
3. Molecular biology --
4. In vitro babies --
5. Human cloning --
6. Siamese twins --
7. Manipulating DNA --
8. Computers --
9. The last fronier: the brain --
10. Ethics and what can go wrong --
11. The information space --
Appendix A. The total number of humans --
Appendix B. Historical and technological aspects of cloning --
Appendix C. Stem cells --
Appendix D. Historical and technological aspects of the internet --
Appendix E. Sizing the internal self up and other brain issues.
An exploration of the far-reaching scientific and social changes made possible by advances in molecular biotechnology.
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