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.