The Body Politic - The Battle Over Science in America

"The Body Politic" is the first comprehensive history of the significance and struggles over science in America.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Body Politic:

America's Struggle for Control Over Science

Table of Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Who Owns Science?

One: Science in America

Two: The Politics of Heredity

Three: Dangerous Ideas

Four: The Stem Cell Debate

Five: Valuing Humanity

Six: Crossing Lines

Seven: In Defense of ?Progress?

Bibliography

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Called the “most interesting bioethicist of our time” by the American Journal of Bioethics, Jonathan D. Moreno has served as a senior staff member for three presidential advisory commissions, as well as on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Bioethics Advisory Board for the Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative. Author and editor of many seminal books and articles on science and science policy, he is the David and Lyn Silfen University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the editor-in-chief for the Center for American Progress’ online magazine, Science Progress.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jonathan D Moreno, Jonathan D. Moreno
• Verlag: Bellevue Literary Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 11.10.2011
• EAN: 9781934137383
• ISBN: 978-1-934137-38-3
• Seiten: 208
• Abmessung: 154 mm x 228 mm x 17 mm
• Gewicht: 323 g
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Allgemeines; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung