Ambivalences of Creating Life Societal and Philosophical Dimensions of Synthetic Biology /

"Synthetic biology" is the label of a new technoscientific field with many different facets and agendas. One common aim is to "create life", primarily by using engineering principles to design and modify biological systems for human use. In a wider context, the topic has become o...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hagen, Kristin. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Engelhard, Margret. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Toepfer, Georg. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment, 45
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21088-9
Table of Contents:
  • Part I Conceptual foundations
  • Part II Scientific and public expectations
  • Part III Communication, evaluation and legitimation.