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Author Jasanoff, Sheila, author

Title Can science make sense of life? / Sheila Jasanoff
Published Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2019

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Description vii, 208 pages ; 23 cm
Series New human frontiers series
New human frontiers series.
Contents A new lens on life -- Book of revelations -- Life and law : constitutional turns -- Life in the gray zone -- Language games -- A new biopower -- Life's purposes
Summary "Nearly 70 years after the dawn of the genetic age, biotechnology, scientists proclaim, is poised to rewrite the book of life. Yet, how far can science go in making sense of what "life" means to human beings and societies? This book looks at flash points in law, politics, ethics, and culture to argue that the claims of rewriting life are overblown"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Science -- Philosophy.
Meaning (Philosophy)
Life.
LC no. 2018029799
ISBN 9781509522705 (hardcover)
1509522700 (hardcover)
9781509522712 (paperback)
1509522719 (paperback)