Controlling Our Destinies: Human Genome Project from Historical, Philosophical, Social and Ethical Perspectives: v. 5 (Studies in Science & the ... ... Centre for Science, Technology & Values) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0268008183 ISBN 13: 9780268008185

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press, 2000

Synopsis

This work considers the complex, far reaching issues surrounding the Human Genome Project - an international scientific enterprise aimed at attaining a complete sequence and locator map of the human genetic structure by the year 2005 - offering the elimination of genetic abnormalities and diseases.

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Phillip R. Sloan is professor emeritus in the Program of Liberal Studies and the graduate Program in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame. Gerald McKenny is the Walter Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Kathleen Eggleson is a research scientist with the Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) and concurrent assistant professor with the ESTEEM (Engineering, Science, and Technology Entrepreneurship Excellence Master's) Program at the University of Notre Dame. Contributors: Phillip R. Sloan, Gerald McKenny, Kathleen Eggleson, Scott F. Gilbert, Stuart A. Newman, Alessandro Minelli, David J. Depew, Gennaro Auletta, Ivan Colagč, Paolo D'Ambrosio, Bernard Wood, Robert J. Richards, Paul  E. Griffiths, John S. Wilkins, John O'Callaghan, William E. Carroll, Józef Zycinski, Celia Deane-Drummond, Peter J. Bowler, and Jean Gayon.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0268008183
• ISBN 13: 9780268008185
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Sloan Phillip R.