Embryos under the Microscope The Diverging Meanings of Life

Name: Embryos under the Microscope The Diverging Meanings of Life
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ISBN: 9780674725553

ISBN-10: 0674725557

ISBN-13: 9780674725553

Edition: 2014

Authors: Jane Maienschein

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Too tiny to see with the naked eye, the human embryo was just a hypothesis until the microscope made observation of embryonic development possible. This changed forever our view of the minuscule cluster of cells that looms large in questions about the meaning of life. Embryos under the Microscope examines how our scientific understanding of the embryo has evolved from the earliest speculations of natural philosophers to today's biological engineering, with its many prospects for life-enhancing therapies. Jane Maienschein shows that research on embryos has always revealed possibilities that appear promising to some but deeply frightening to others, and she makes a persuasive case that public…

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 5/20/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English