Embryos Under the Microscope: The Diverging Meanings of Life

by Jane Maienschein

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674725557
• ISBN13: 9780674725553
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.5"