Shaping the Future : Biology and Human Values

Name: Shaping the Future
Brand: National Academies Press
SKU: 9780309039475
Price: 26650 KES
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ISBN: 9780309039475

by Board on Biology , Commission on Life Sciences , Division on Earth and Life Studies , National Research Council , Steve Olson

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0309039479

ISBN-13 9780309039475

Publisher National Academies Press

Imprint National Academies Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jan 1st, 1989

Print length 132 Pages

Weight 301 grams

Dimensions 25.40 x 17.80 x 2.50 cms

Product Classification: Biology, life sciences

KSh 26,650.00

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Drawing on research in a number of fields, this volume talks about the breakthroughs and social questions emerging from biology in contemporary times. It also highlights the research being done in four of biology's exciting fields: genetics, development, neurobiology, and evolution.

This book brings the concerned individual up-to-date on the breakthroughs and social questions emerging from biology today. Author Steve Olson draws on the latest research in a number of fields as well as the views of leading biologists, ethicists, and philosophers. He tells the story of the intricate, often frustrating, path scientists must follow to find out why we are the way we are. The volume highlights groundbreaking research being done in four of biology''s most exciting fields: genetics, development, neurobiology, and evolution. In each field, the implications of this research extend far beyond basic biology, ranging from human gene therapy to cancer, from neural transplantation to the evolution of the atmosphere.

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