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Brave new worlds : staying human in the genetic future / Bryan Appleyard.

Title: Brave new worlds : staying human in the genetic future / Bryan Appleyard.
Author: Appleyard, Bryan.
Publication: New York : Viking, 1998.

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198 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

The author "explores the promise and danger of genetic manipulation, forging a link between a scientific juggernaut and its moral and ethical implications."--Jacket.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186) and index.

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Contents

Introduction: the secret of life? -- ch. 1. the future -- ch. 2. god, the bomb, and the double helix -- ch. 3. eugenics 1: the right to be unhappy -- ch. 4. eugenics 2: tattooing foreheads -- ch. 5. the mighty gene -- ch. 6. seeds of destruction -- ch. 7. the spider.

ISBN

0670869899 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^98010243^

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Harvard Library