Genethics: The Ethics of Engineering Life - Hardcover

Suzuki, David; Knudtson, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0049201107 ISBN 13: 9780049201101

Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 1989

Synopsis

In this account of the development of human genetics written for non-scientists, the authors describe the story behind the scientific breakthrough and introduce the reader to the scientists who pioneered the work, examining its potential applications. They describe a world teeming with its own complexities, mysteries and surprises, and provide the reader with a clearer understanding of a controversial area of scientific research which has been greeted as heralding a promise of a better world, or vilified for leading to a nightmare age of genetic manipulation.

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First-rate. -- Bentley Glass "Quarterly Review of Biology" �This� book deserves wide attention for its timely warning of problems now on the cultural horizon. �Suzuki and Knudtson� do an outstanding job of presenting complicated ideas to a nonscientific audience, as well as covering enough detail to satisfy those with a scientific background. �Their� presentation is balanced and controversial arguments are examined from all sides. balanced and controversial arguments are examined from all sides. [This] book deserves wide attention for its timely warning of problems now on the cultural horizon. beauty of science...To the authors' credit, they have written an excellent book that, if widely read, will provide much of the technical education and ethical sensitization needed to broaden public debate. [Suzuki and Knudtson] do an outstanding job of presenting complicated ideas to a nonscientific audience, as well as covering enough detail to satisfy those with a scientific background. [Their] presentation is balanced and controversial arguments are examined from all sides. First-rate.--Bentley Glass "Quarterly Review of Biology " In standard biomedical texts, mechanical processes such as replication and transcription are described with excruciating dryness. Here, metaphors animate the narrative, restoring through art some of the natural beauty of science...To the authors' credit, they have written an excellent book that, if widely read, will provide much of the technical education and ethical sensitization needed to broaden public debate.--Richard C. Hermann "Journal of the American Medical Association " The discussion of genetic science is commendably clear. Suzuki and Knudtson, good writers as they are, do not merely recite the facts but tell stories that put flesh on the bones.--Thomas H. Murray "Medical Humanities Journal "

From the Back Cover

'Genethics' is the most lucid and authoritative guide for general readers to modern genetic technology and the myriad ethical issues it raises.

Edition details

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0049201107
• ISBN 13: 9780049201101
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384