The Ethics of Protocells: Moral and Social Implications of Creating Life in the Laboratory

by Mark A. Bedau

Book Overview

Experts explore the potential benefits, risks, and moral aspects of protocell technology, which creates simple forms of life from nonliving material.Teams of scientists around the world are racing to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262512696
• ISBN13: 9780262512695
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 365 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher