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Embryos under the microscope : the diverging meanings of life / Jane Maienschein.

by Maienschein, Jane.

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Harvard University Press, 2014.

Embryology, Human.

Developmental biology.

9780674725553 (hc.)

0674725557 (hc.)

x, 336 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Too tiny to see with the naked eye, the human embryo was just a hypothesis until the microscope made observation of embryonic development possible. This changed forever our view of the minuscule cluster of cells that looms large in questions about the meaning of life. Embryos under the Microscope examines how our scientific understanding of the embryo has evolved from the earliest speculations of natural philosophers to today's biological engineering, with its many prospects for life-enhancing therapies. Jane Maienschein shows that research on embryos has always revealed possibilities that appear promising to some but deeply frightening to others, and she makes a persuasive case that public understanding must be informed by up-to-date scientific findings."--From publisher.

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