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Dolnick, Edward, 1952-
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Human reproduction -- History.
Human reproduction -- Mythology.
Human reproduction -- Social aspects.
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Dolnick, Edward, 1952-
Human reproduction -- History.
Human reproduction -- Mythology.
Human reproduction -- Social aspects.
MARC Display
The
seeds
of
life
: from
Aristotle
to
Da
Vinci
, from
shark
's
teeth
to
frogs
'
pants
, the
long
and
strange
quest
to
discover
where
babies
come
from / Edward Dolnick.
by
Dolnick, Edward, 1952-
Basic Books, c2017.
Call #:
612.6 D665s
Subjects
Human reproduction -- History.
Human reproduction -- Mythology.
Human reproduction -- Social aspects.
ISBN:
9780465082957 (hc)
0465082955 (hc)
Description:
ix, 309 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-296) and index.
Contents:
Prologue: England in the early 1630s -- Part one: Peering into the body -- Part two: The search for the egg -- Part three: Russian dolls -- Part four: The clockwork topples and a new theory rises.
Summary:
"Why cracking the code of human conception took centuries of wild theories, misogynist blunders, and ludicrous mistakes. Throughout most of human history,
babies
were surprises. People knew the basics: men and women had sex, and sometimes
babies
followed. But beyond that the origins of
life
were a colossal mystery. The
Seeds
of
Life
is the remarkable and rollicking story of how a series of blundering geniuses and brilliant amateurs struggled for two centuries to
discover
where
, exactly,
babies
come
from. Taking a page from investigative thrillers, acclaimed science writer Edward Dolnick looks to these early scientists as if they were detectives hot on the trail of a bedeviling and urgent mystery. These
strange
searchers included an Italian surgeon using
shark
teeth
to prove that female reproductive organs were not 'failed' male genitalia, and a Catholic priest who designed ingenious miniature
pants
to prove that
frogs
required semen to fertilize their eggs. A witty and rousing history of science, The
Seeds
of
Life
presents our greatest scientists struggling-against their perceptions, their religious beliefs, and their deep-seated prejudices-to uncover how and
where
we
come
from"--From publisher.
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