Haldane's Daedalus Revisited. Edited with an introduction. Foreword by Joshua Lederberg.

[HALDANE, J. B. S.] DRONAMRAJU, Krishna R. (ed.):

ISBN 10: 019854846X / ISBN 13: 9780198548461

Published by Oxford, etc.: Oxford University Press, 1995., 1995

About this Item

First Edition. Frontispiece, xiv, 1 leaf, 147 pp. Contains a Facsimile Reprint of Haldane's Daedalus (1923) and essays by Max Perutz, Freeman Dyson, Yaron Ezrahi, Ernst Mayr, Elof Axel Carlson, David Weatherall and Avrion Mitchison. Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Haldane's Daedalus Revisited. Edited with an introduction. Foreword by Joshua Lederberg.
• Publisher: Oxford, etc.: Oxford University Press, 1995.
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019854846X
• ISBN 13: 9780198548461
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

This volume contains the reprinted text of J.B.S. Haldane's "Daedalus or Science and the Future", which caused a sensation when first published in 1923 due to its prediction of future scientific experiments, including test-tube babies. There is also discussion from eminent modern scientists of its relevance today, and the complex relationship between technology and society. Including contributions from Freeman Dyson, Joshua Lederberg, M.F. Perutz and others, the volume examines the impact of predictions on the future development of science and technology, and scientific ethics.

About the Author

Krishna Rao Dronamraju is President of the Foundation for Genetic Research, Houston, Texas. He is an Honorary Research Fellow of University College, London; a Visiting Professor of the University of Paris and the Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi). He is also an Advisor to the White House and a Member of the U.S. Government's Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, National Institutes of Health.