1st Edition

The Social Impact of Modern Biology

By Fuller Watson Copyright 1971
    266 Pages
    by Routledge

    276 Pages
    by Routledge

    Originally published in 1971.

    Discoveries in modern biology can radically change human life as we know it. As our understanding of living processes, such as inheritance, grows, so do the possibilities of applying these results for good and evil, such as the treatment of disease, the control of ageing, behaviour and genetic engineering. These discoveries and their implications are discussed by some of the world’s leading biologists.

    Part One: Science, Technology and Values

    Part Two: Moelcular Genetics

    Part Three: Human Genetics and Reproduction

    Part Four: Immunology and Cancer

    Part Five: Agricultural Botany and the Environment

    Part Six: Science in Society

    Contributors include:M H F Wilkins, Jacques Monod, David Bohm, W Hayes, M R Pollock, Geoffrey Beale, L S Penrose, D V I Fairweather, R G Edwards, J H Humphrey, Arthur W Galston, J D Watson, Joseph G Hancock, A J Hale, Martin M Kaplan, Robert M Young, Jon Beckwith, Hilary Rose, Steven Rose, J Bronowski

    Biography

    Watson, Fuller