TY - BOOK AU - Baldi,Pierre TI - The shattered self: the end of natural evolution SN - 9780262025027 AV - QH442 .B355 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - MIT Press KW - Human Genome Project KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Genetic engineering N1 - "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 N2 - An exploration of the far-reaching scientific and social changes made possible by advances in molecular biotechnology ER -