| Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World Contributor(s): Smith, Wesley J. (Author), Emerson, Brian (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0786170409 ISBN-13: 9780786170401 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $56.70 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: April 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Science | Biotechnology |
| Dewey: 306.461 |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 6.72" W x 6.08" (0.63 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What is embryonic stem cell research? Why is it so controversial? What is its relationship to human cloning? Events are moving so fast--and biotechnology seems so complicated--that many of us don't have an informed opinion about issues that are remaking the human future before our very eyes. Now Wesley J. Smith provides us with a guide to the new world that is no longer a figment of our imagination but right around the corner. This highly readable and carefully researched book reports on the gargantuan "big biotech" industry and its supporters in science and in the universities. Smith reveals how this lobby works and how the ideology of "scientism," mixed with the lure of riches, threatens to dismantle ethical norms and compromise the uniqueness and importance of all human life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Wesley J.: - Wesley J. Smith is the author of Forced Exit and Culture of Death. He is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and a special consultant to the Center for Bioethics and Culture. He lives with his wife, the syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders, in Castro Valley, California. Emerson, Brian: -Brian Emerson is an actor and technical director with a long career in the Washington, DC, and Baltimore areas. |