What scientists think
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Routledge,
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Publisher Address: | London New York |
Publication Dates: | 2005. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xii, 194 p.: ; 20 cm. |
ISBN: |
0415334268 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780415334266 (hardback : alk. paper) 0415334276 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780415334273 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Call Number: | Q1-49/W555 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-186) and index. Introduction -- The interviews -- Darwinism and genes / Steve Jones -- Evolutionary psychology and the blank slate / Steven Pinker -- The human brain and consciousness / Susan Greenfield -- Science and the human animal / Kenan Malik -- Cybernetics and a post-human future / Kevin Warwick -- Psychiatry and schizophrenia / Robin Murray -- Microbiology, viruses and their threats / Dorothy Crawford -- On cancer research / Mike Stratton -- Animal experimentation, ethics and medical research / Colin Blakemore -- Science under threat / Norman Levitt -- Biodiversity / Edward O. Wilson -- Science: its dangers and its public / Martin Rees -- Further reading. |