Embryos under the Microscope: The Diverging Meanings of Life

by Jane Maienschein

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Jane Maienschein examines how understanding of embryos evolved from the speculations of natural philosophers to bioengineering, with its life-enhancing therapies. She shows that research on embryos has always seemed promising to some but frightening to others, and makes the case that public understanding must be informed by scientific findings.
  • ISBN13 9780674369726
  • Publish Date 3 July 2014
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Harvard University Press