Genetic Engineering - A Moral History of the Genetic Age

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as i was growing up so i decided to write a book about it and then wrote a book the day by day accounts of the liberation of paris nice well the new book here were under discussion today is called as gods. I like this title as god a moral history of the genetic age or again something of a sequel to your uh... previous book on on genetics and so forth why this book right now was part of it but we can't look at that yet.

Shermer and Cobb discuss: objections to genetic engineering (political, religious, cultural) • selective breeding • recombinant DNA • the ethics of genetics • patenting life • gene therapy • gene editing • CRISPR • literature and films on the dangers of genetic engineering • bioweapons • 3 Laws of Behavior Genetics and what people fear about it.

Matthew Cobb is a professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Manchester. He is the author of six books: The Idea of the Brain: A History; Life’s Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code; Generation; The Resistance: The French Fight Against the Nazis; Eleven Days in August: The Liberation of Paris in 1944; and Smell: A Very Short Introduction. He lives in England.