Like A Virgin: How Science Is Redesigning The Rules Of Sex

Prasad, Aarathi

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1851689117 ISBN 13: 9781851689118

Casa editrice: Oneworld Pubns Ltd, 2012

Looks at human conception and the possibility of conception without sex, beginning with historical ideas about the topic, and moving on to the current state of reproductive technology and its move toward sex-free reproduction.

Recensione:

“Aarathi Prasad has travelled far into the mysterious land of human and animal conception and come back with extraordinary stories of chimaeras and parthenogens, of cannibal sharks in the womb, of pseudosperm and the prospect of birth without pregnancy. A fascinating book.”

--Matt Ridley, bestselling author of The Red Queen

“It's game over for the testicle; the reign of bollocks is at an end. Prasad charts the high road to total male redundancy. In the future, girls will do it for themselves, boys - those who are left - will just be toys. Cheer or weep, but read this book.”

--Armand Marie Leroi, author of Mutants

“Think of her as the female equivalent of Brian Cox making science accessible for the masses ... Entertaining and provocative, this promises to change the way you think about sex.&rqduo;

-- Stylist

L'autore:

Aarathi Prasad is a biologist and science writer. She has appeared on TV and radio programmes, including as presenter of Channel 4's controversial Is It Better to Be Mixed Race? and Brave New World with Stephen Hawking. Previously a cancer genetics researcher at Imperial College London, she subsequently moved out of the lab and into the worlds of science communication and policy, in areas including the passage in the UK Parliament of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008. A single mother, Dr Prasad lives in London.