Like a Virgin: How Science Is Redesigning The Rules Of Sex - Couverture souple

Prasad, Aarathi

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ISBN 10 : 1851689117 ISBN 13 : 9781851689118

Editeur : Oneworld Publications, 2012

Synopsis

Most cultures tell the tale of a maiden who gives birth untouched by a man, and in the wild there are plenty of creatures - turkeys, Komodo 'dragons', and the 'Jesus Christ' lizard (which even walks on water) - that take various approaches to making babies without having sex. Soon, humans will have that option, too. In Like a Virgin, biologist and science writer Aarathi Prasad examines inconceivable ideas about conception, from a Renaissance recipe for creating a child (bury semen in manure for forty days) to the search for a real-life virgin mother in the 1950s. She then takes us to maverick, cutting-edge labs that are today inventing sex-less reproduction, from manufactured eggs to artificial wombs and beyond. Like a Virgin delivers an astonishing exploration of the mysteries of sex and evolution - past, present, and future.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“Aarathi Prasad has travelled far into the mysterious land of human and animal conception and come back with extraordinary stories of chimaeras and parthenogens, of cannibal sharks in the womb, of pseudosperm and the prospect of birth without pregnancy. A fascinating book.”

--Matt Ridley, bestselling author of The Red Queen

“It's game over for the testicle; the reign of bollocks is at an end. Prasad charts the high road to total male redundancy. In the future, girls will do it for themselves, boys - those who are left - will just be toys. Cheer or weep, but read this book.”

--Armand Marie Leroi, author of Mutants

“Think of her as the female equivalent of Brian Cox making science accessible for the masses ... Entertaining and provocative, this promises to change the way you think about sex.&rqduo;

-- Stylist

Biographie de l'auteur :

Aarathi Prasad is a biologist and science writer. She has appeared on TV and radio programmes, including as presenter of Channel 4's controversial Is It Better to Be Mixed Race? and Brave New World with Stephen Hawking. Previously a cancer genetics researcher at Imperial College London, she subsequently moved out of the lab and into the worlds of science communication and policy, in areas including the passage in the UK Parliament of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008. A single mother, Dr Prasad lives in London.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oneworld Publications
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1851689117
• ISBN 13: 9781851689118
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288