Rise and Fall of Animal Experimentation - Empathy, Science, and the Future of Research

Written by a scientist with over 40 years of laboratory experience, The Rise and Fall of Animal Experimentation critically examines the assumption that animal experimentation is necessary to the advancement of biomedical research, whether animal-based research achieves its aims, and if there are alternatives to performing animal-based science.

List of contents

• Prologue: The Seminar


• Chapter 1: Greek Awakenings


• Chapter 2: Circular Arguments


• Chapter 3: Mapping Humanity


• Chapter 4: Fear and Trembling


• Chapter 5: The Modern Prometheus


• Chapter 6: I Want to be Your Dog


• Chapter 7: Not Just Kids


• Chapter 8: The Cloud Cap'd Towers


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Richard J. Miller is Emeritus Professor at Northwestern University. He obtained his PhD from Cambridge University in 1975. Following a year working for the Burroughs-Wellcome Fund, he joined the faculty of the Pharmacology and Physiology department at the University of Chicago in 1976, where he earned the title of the William Mabie Professor of Pharmacology. In 2000, he became a member of the faculty in the Department of Pharmacology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine as the Alfred Newton Richards Professor of Pharmacology, where he is an emeritus today.

Summary

Written by a scientist with over 40 years of laboratory experience, The Rise and Fall of Animal Experimentation critically examines the assumption that animal experimentation is necessary to the advancement of biomedical research, whether animal-based research achieves its aims, and if there are alternatives to performing animal-based science.

Product details

• Authors: Miller, Richard J. Miller, Richard J. (Professor Emeritus Miller, Miller Richard J.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2023
• EAN: 9780197665756
• ISBN: 978-0-19-766575-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Medical research, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, MEDICAL / Research, History of Science, Animals & society, Bioethics, Ethical issues & debates, Bio-ethics, Animals and society, Ethical issues and debates