Jane Maienschein: 2 books
Frankenstein
Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
The original 1818 text of Mary Shelley's classic novel, with annotations and essays highlighting its scientific, ethical, and cautionary aspects.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has endured in the popular imagination for two hundred years. Begun as a ghost story by an intellectually and socially...
by Jane Maienschein
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Jane Maienschein examines how understanding of embryos evolved from the speculations of natural philosophers to bioengineering, with its life-enhancing therapies. She shows that research on embryos has always seemed promising to some but frightening to others, and makes the case that public understanding must be informed by scientific findings.