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Haldane's Daedalus Revisited
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Haldane's Daedalus Revisited Hardcover - 1995

by Krishna R. Dronamraju (Editor); Foreword by Joshua Lederberg


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When J. B. S. Haldane's Daedalus or Science and the Future was first published in 1923, it was greeted by instant controversy due to its predictions of future scientific developments--including "test-tube" babies. Now Haldane's Daedalus Revisited combines a reprint of that classic work
together with a discussion by world-renowned scientists (including two Nobel laureates) regarding its relevance today and what it tells us about the complex relationship between technology, society, and politics. Including contributions from Joshua Lederberg, M.F. Perutz, Freeman Dyson and Ernest
Mayr, Elof Carlson, David Weatherall, N. Avrion Mitchison, and the editor, Krishna Rao Dronamraju, the book offers a unique, thought-provoking examination of how predictions can have a dramatic impact on the development of science, technology, politics, and our philosophy of ethics in general. All
students, teachers, and researchers in the biomedical sciences, ethics, social science, science history, and ethics will want to read this book.

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  • Title Haldane's Daedalus Revisited
  • Author Krishna R. Dronamraju (Editor); Foreword by Joshua Lederberg
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 168
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford
  • Date 1995
  • ISBN 9780198548461 / 019854846X
  • Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.25 x 0.58 in (24.13 x 15.88 x 1.47 cm)
  • Reading level 1460
  • Library of Congress subjects Science, Biology
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94034310
  • Dewey Decimal Code 303.483

About the author


Krishna Rao Dronamraju is President of the Foundation for Genetic Research, Houston, Texas. He is an Honorary Research Fellow of University College, London; a Visiting Professor of the University of Paris and the Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi). He is also an Advisor to the White House and
a Member of the U.S. Government's Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, National Institutes of Health.
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