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020			_a0262025027 (hc. : alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aQH442 _b.B355 2001
092	0	4	_a599.93 _bB177 _221
099			_a04 _a599.93 B177
100	1		_aBaldi, Pierre.
245	1	4	_aThe shattered self : _bthe end of natural evolution / _cPierre Baldi.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bMIT Press, _cc2001.
300			_aix, 245 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
500			_a"A Bradford book."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-236) and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: 1 -- Introduction 1 -- 2 -- Science Today 7 -- The Decentering Process 9 -- The Psychology of Large Numbers 12 -- 3 -- Molecular Biology 15 -- DNA 16 -- Proteins 16 -- Genomes 17 -- The Stadium-Size Cell 22 -- Evolution 24 -- Genome Sequencing 25 -- Beyond Genome Sequencing 28 -- Biotechnology 31 -- Genomes as Computer Programs 34 -- 4 -- In Vitro Babies 37 -- In Vitro Babies 37 -- What Happens to Sex? 41 -- 5 -- Human Cloning 49 -- Cloning 49 -- Human Cloning Taboo 53 -- Cloning and Sexual Reproduction 55 -- Cloning and "Intelligence" 56 -- Cloning and Life and Death 61 -- Cloning and Identity 66 -- 6 -- Siamese Twins 71 -- 7 -- Manipulating DNA 79 -- The Extended Jurassic Park 79 -- DNA Morphing 85 -- Warping and Reversing Time 88 -- 8 -- Computers 91 -- Computations: Moore's Law 91 -- Communications: The Internet 94 -- Artificial Life 100 -- 9 -- The Last Frontier: The Brain 103 -- Why Is Pain Painful? 104 -- The Limits and Expansion of Intelligence 107 -- Sizing the Self Up 115 -- Immortality Revisited 119 -- The Distance between Selves-The "Organic" Approach 123 -- Machine Learning and Reverse-Engineering the Brain-The -- "Artificial" Approach 126 -- The New Music 130 -- 10 -- Ethics and What Can Go Wrong 135 -- Ethical Foundations 135 -- Contemporary Issues: Cloning, Embryonic Cells, and Gene Therapy 143 -- What Can Go Wrong 154 -- 11 -- The Information Space 161 -- Biology.com 161 -- The Information Space 166.
610	2	0	_aHuman Genome Project
610	2	0	_aHuman Genome Project _xMoral and ethical aspects.
650		0	_aGenetic engineering
650		0	_aGenetic engineering _xMoral and ethical aspects.
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905			_aEman _eRev
905			_aJamal _eCat.
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