Unnatural : the heretical idea of making people / Philip Ball

Ball, Philip (1962-)

2011, 1st edition. London : Bodley Head. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #473603

Physical description: 373 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Contents: Art versus nature? -- Work of the gods -- Recipes for a little man -- It lives! -- Descartes' daughter -- Protoplasmic beings -- Animating clay -- The bottled babies -- Opening the bottle -- Anthropoeia in the marketplace -- Make me another -- Assembly instructions not included. Subjects: Artificial life. Life (Biology) Philosophy. Philosophical anthropology. Human cloning.

Price: €12.95