Embryos Under the Microscope: The Diverging Meanings of Life

by JaneMaienschein (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2014

  $45.21

  Jane Maienschein examines how understanding of embryos evolved from the speculations of natural philosophers to bioengineering, with its life-enhancing therapies. She shows that research on embryos has always seemed promising to some but frightening to others, and makes the case that public understanding must be informed by scientific findings.