Reinventing Biology: Respect for Life and the Creation of Knowledge (Race, Gender, & Scie)

By Ruth Hubbard

Book Overview

"Much more than a book about animal welfare, it explores how the scientific questions and answers would be different if biology operated from a paradigm of respect for the objects of study. Thirteen contributions are arranged in four distinct sections; individual topics vary extensively but each is first-rate." -- Choice "Ruth Hubbard and Lynda Birke have asked an important question: how would the practices of biology change if organisms were considered subjects with agency? They have gathered an array of excellent scholars and a broad spectrum of perspectives.... this is a fresh and important question." -- Londa Schiebinger Essays explore how the practice of biology could change if scientists treated the organisms they use in their experiments respectfully: what it means to raise animals or plants as experimental resources; what guides decisions about which animals to breed for experimental purposes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253329094
• ISBN13: 9780253329097
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.1" x 6.5"