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Shaping the Future : Biology and Human Values.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1900.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""SHAPING THE FUTURE""; ""Copyright""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""THE MOLECULAR REVOLUTION""; ""COMMON THEMES""; ""Chapter 1
- Genetics and the Human Genome""; ""Genetics and Disease""; ""Tracking Disease to Its Source""; ""Putting Genes on a Map""; ""A Genetic Scalpel""; ""RFLPs and Disease Diagnosis""; ""The Price of Knowledge""; ""From Mapping to Sequencing""; ""Prospects for Human Gene Therapy""; ""ESSAY-SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS FROM THE PUBLIC'S PERSPECTIVE""; ""The Uses of Knowledge""; ""Science and Myth""; ""A Mechanistic View of Nature""
- ""An Agenda for Scientists""""Chapter 2
- Biological Development and Cancer""; ""Unifying Concepts""; ""Inside an Egg""; ""Communication Among Cells""; ""Development Gone Awry: Cancer""; ""ESSAY-ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE USE OF HUMAN MATERIALS""; ""The Inadequacy of Simple Rules""; ""The Social Dimension of Ethics""; ""The Origins of Social Values""; ""The Need for Equity""; ""Chapter 3
- Neuroscience and Neuronal Replacement""; ""High-Level Versus Intermediate-Level Functions""; ""The Visual World""; ""Vision in an Association Area""; ""A Sense of Where You Are""
- ""Representations of the World""""Neural Regeneration in Canaries""; ""New Neurons or Old?""; ""The Birthplace of New Neurons""; ""Implications for Other Species""; ""ESSAY-The Evolution of Ethics""; ""Normative Ethics and Metaethics""; ""Competition and Cooperation""; ""The Kinds of Kindness""; ""Evolutionary Justice""; ""Implications of a Biological Morality""; ""Chapter 4
- Evolution and the Biosphere""; ""The Evolution of Proteins""; ""A Molecular Clock""; ""An Erratic Clock""; ""The Value of Molecular Clocks""; ""Two Periods of Life""; ""Bacteria and the Atmosphere""
- ""An Oxygenic Atmosphere""""A Modern View""; ""ESSAY-Preserving Biological Diversity""; ""Measures of Diversity""; ""Diversity in the Tropics""; ""Linking Development and Conservation""; ""Approaches to Conservation""; ""The Role of Biologists""; ""Afterword""; ""Population and Wealth""; ""Biology and the Future""; ""Index""