Like a Virgin – How Science Is Redesigning the Rules of Sex
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Name: Like a Virgin – How Science Is Redesigning the Rules of Sex
Format: epub
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Book:
Title: Like a Virgin
Author: Aarathi Prasad
Language: English
Year: 2012
Subjects: Medical, Science, Women’s Studies, Nonfiction
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
ISBN: 9781851689118
Total pages: 322 str.
Description:
Most cultures tell the tale of a maiden who gives birth untouched by a man. Is this just a myth, or could virgin birth become the way we make babies in the future? In Like a Virgin, biologist Aarathi Prasad explores inconceivable ideas about conception, from the Jesus Christ" lizard’s ability to self-reproduce (it walks on water, too) to the hunt for a real-life virgin mother among geneticists in the 1950s. Prasad then transports us to the maverick laboratories that today are inventing the equivalent of non-sexual selection", from egg-fertilizing computer chips to artificial wombs for men. This adventurous romp to the frontiers of reproductive science will forever change the way you think about sex and parenthood. Aarathi Prasad is a biologist and science writer. She has appeared on television and radio, including as host of the BBC documentary The Quest for a Virgin Birth," and written for publications such as Wired, New Scientist, and The Guardian. A single…
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