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Life as it is : biology for the public sphere /

Loomis, William F.

Life as it is : biology for the public sphere / William F. Loomis. - Berkeley : University of California Press , c2008. - xvii, 247 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The value of life -- Human potential -- Engineered life -- Genomic information -- Sociobiology -- Consciousness -- Selfishness and cooperativity -- The origin of life and evolution of man -- Sustainable life -- Wonderful life.

9780520253575 (cloth : alk. paper)

2007027034


Biology--Social aspects--Popular works.
Life sciences--Popular works.

QH333 / .L66 2008

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