1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000486620203316

Titolo

Centre and periphery in the ancient world / edited by Michael Rowlands, Monges Larsen and Kristian Kristiansen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1987

ISBN

0-521-25103-6

Descrizione fisica

VI, 159 p. : ill. ; 29 cm

Collana

New directions in archaeology

Disciplina

930.091822

Collocazione

IX.1. 44(X B 256)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Relazioni presentate alla Conferenza "Relations between the Near East, the mediterranean world and Europe 3rd to 1st millennium BC", tenuta a Aarhus in 1980



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451448603321

Autore

Graham Gordon <1949 July 15->

Titolo

Genes [[electronic resource] ] : a philosophical inquiry / / Gordon Graham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-283-64185-2

1-134-52756-X

9786610111237

1-280-11123-2

0-203-99511-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

174/.25

Soggetti

Genes - Philosophy

Genetic engineering - Philosophy

Genetic engineering - Environmental aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-189) and index.

Nota di contenuto

GENES A philosophical inquiry; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Science and the self-image of the age; Icon and understanding; The fractured image: Einstein vs Frankenstein; Science; Technology; Anti-science; Explaining things; Engineering things; Pure and applied science; 2 Genetic explanation; Evolution and creationism; Natural selection and 'the selfish gene'; Survival of the fittest; Altruism, homosexuality and sterility; Irreducible complexity and the biochemical; Sociobiology and evolutionary psychology; Taking stock; Memetics; 3 Genetic engineering; Genetic screening

Genetic informationGenetic modification; Environmentalism; The precautionary principle; Genetic research; The 'slippery slope' and the 'sanctity of life'; 4 Playing God; Secular versions of the sacred; Genetic trespassing; Rights and equality; Human cloning; Stem cell production; Reproductive technologies; Designer babies and eugenics; Procreative responsibility and the ethics of abortion; 'Playing God' without God; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

'It's all in the genes'. Is this true, and if so, what is all in the genes? Genes: A Philosophical Inquiry is a crystal clear and highly informative guide to a debate none of us can afford to ignore.Beginning with a much-needed overview of the relationship between science and technology, Gordon Graham lucidly explains and assesses the most important and controversial aspects of the genes debate: Darwinian theory and its critics, the idea of the 'selfish' gene, evolutionary psychology, memes, genetic screening and modification, including the risks of cloning and 'designer'

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910883390103321

Autore

FITA <Federazione Internazionale dei Tecnici Agricoli>

Titolo

8. Congresso internazionale d'agricoltura tropicale e subtropicale : Tripoli, 13-17 marzo 1939-XVII : rapporti e comunicazioni di sezione : riassunti, Supplemento / F.I.T.A

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma, : Arte della stampa, 1939

Descrizione fisica

59 p. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

630

Locazione

FAGBC

Collocazione

A AGR 469

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Il presente fascicolo contiene i riassunti in lingua italiana dei testi in lingua originale.