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

by Dronamraju, Krishna R. (ed)

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. 1st edition. Hardback. Octavo. [xv prelims] 147 pages. Frontispiece a b&w photograph of the members of the Biochemistry Department, University of Cambridge, in 1930. Introduction by Dronamraju; Foreword by Joshua Lederberg; contributions by Elof Axel Carlson, Freeman Dyson, Yaron Ezrahi, Ernst Mayr, Avrion Mitchison, Max Perutz and David Weatherall. Good in Good jacket. Boards bumped in the bottom corner; spine ends a bit pushed in. Text tanned and dull at the edges, with a soiled patch on the top edge. Jacket has obvious wear and creasing to its edges and corners, particularly around the foot of its spine (which has a couple of chips) and to the bottom edge of its front (which has a creased closed tear). Both faces are rubbed and have picked up a few marks.
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  • Title Haldane's Daedalus Revisited
  • Author Dronamraju, Krishna R. (ed)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 168
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Oxford
  • Date 1995
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1693
  • ISBN 9780198548461

From the rear cover

This book includes a reprint of a great classic, Daedalus or Science and the Future by J. B. S. Haldane, which caused an instant sensation when it first appeared in 1923 because of its predictions of future scientific developments including 'test-tube' babies. Several eminent scientists, including two Nobel Laureates, comment on its significance today. Of special interest are discussions on the complex relationship between technology and society by Joshua Lederberg, the contribution of Haldane to enzyme kinetics by Max Perutz, the relevance of Daedalus today by Freeman Dyson and Ernst Mayr, the eugenic views of H. J. Muller and J. B. S. Haldane by Elof Axel Carlson, the influence of Daedalus on the development of human genetics and biomedical ethics by David Weatherall, the future of immunity by N. Avrion Mitchison, and the place of Daedalus in the context of J. B. S. Haldane's life and work by Krishna Dronamraju. It will interest all biologists and social scientists, and anyone interested in the complex relationship between science, technology, and society. It is unique for its examination of the impact of predictions on the future developments of science and technology and its impact on our ethical outlook.

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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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