Challenging Nature: The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life - Hardcover

Silver, Lee M.

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9780060582678: Challenging Nature: The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life

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ISBN 10: 0060582677 ISBN 13: 9780060582678

Publisher: Ecco Pr, 2006

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HardCover Pub Date: 2006. Pages: 464 in Publisher: Ecco Biotechnology is On the oldest and 'most' widespread of inventions providing sustenance for humankind will since the beginning of civilization. Until recently however. Its tools were crude and its implementation was the opaque. Today new understanding in the life sciences ings both precision and transparency to the process. Modern inventions could alleviate human suffering. feed the world. and. at the same time. stem the tide of earth's ecological degradation. Yet ironically. biotechnology becomes evermore contentious. On the left. New Age secularists rail against genetically modified crops. On the right. religious Americans want emyo stem-cell research to be a felony. While they share seemingly little beyond mutual contempt. Silver argues that both political camps are driven - consciously or subconsciously - by a funda...

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Review:

"Lucid and sensible...definitely worth reading and will likely challenge your preconceived notions of what biotechnology is and offers."--Capital Times (Madison, WI)

"A clearly written, trenchant defense of biotechnology...wise, realistic...a well-crafted argument."--New England Journal of Medicine

"This one will make you think, perhaps in realms you've avoided. It's probably worth the effort."--John Monaghan, The Providence Journal

"Uplifting...His critics will be begging for equal time, and readers may find themselves alternately cheering or arguing...Highly recommended.--Library Journal

"A valuable exposition of the rationalist's view of the world...He argues eloquently...sound of a battle that will continue."--Nicholas Wade, New York Times

Silver's provocative ideas and his graceful prose open new avenues for discussion of the challenges that face science and spirituality."--Publishers Weekly

A valuable exposition of the rationalist s view of the world...He argues eloquently...sound of a battle that will continue. --Nicholas Wade, New York Times"

Uplifting...His critics will be begging for equal time, and readers may find themselves alternately cheering or arguing...Highly recommended.--Library Journal"

Silver s provocative ideas and his graceful prose open new avenues for discussion of the challenges that face science and spirituality. --Publishers Weekly"

This one will make you think, perhaps in realms you ve avoided. It s probably worth the effort. --John Monaghan, The Providence Journal"

About the Author:

Lee M. Silver is professor of Molecular Biology and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

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