The Influence of Genetics on Contemporary Thinking: 6 - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 140205663X ISBN 13: 9781402056635

Casa editrice: Springer Nature, 2007

Riassunto

This interdisciplinary volume reflects on the effects of recent discoveries in genetics on a broad range of scientific fields. It shows the way in which those discoveries influence genetics itself and many other fields, and explains the impact of genetics on contemporary culture. The volume contains the most recent views of the Nobel Laureate François Jacob on genetics and the nature of living things.

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This volume reflects on the effects of recent discoveries in genetics on a broad range of scientific fields. In addition to neuroscience, evolutionary biology, anthropology and medicine, contributors analyze the effects of genetics on theories of health, law, epistemology and philosophy of biology. Social and moral concerns about the relationship between genetics, society and the individual also figure prominently. Genetic discoveries fuel central contemporary public policy debates concerning, for example, human cloning, equitable access to healthcare or the role of genetics in medicine. Perhaps more fundamentally, advances in genetics are altering our perception of human life and death.

An interview with François Jacob by Anne Fagot-Largeault opens the volume. In this interview, Jacob, who shared a Nobel Prize with André Lwoff and Jacques Monod for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis, addresses many of the central methodological epistemological and ethical questions covered in the volume. The dynamic interdisciplinary character of this volume makes it relevant to scholars from many disciplines, from biology, philosophy and the social sciences.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Springer Nature
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 140205663X
• ISBN 13: 9781402056635
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 214
• Redattore: Fagot-largeault Anne, Rahman Shahid, Torres Juan Manuel
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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