Thinking About Biology, biologia
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Thinking About Biology
ThinkingAboutBiology
isintendedforbiologystudentswhoareinterestedinreflect-
ingonthewidercontextsoftheirstudies.Thebookencouragesstudentstoseethat
biologydoesnotdelivercertainties;itdiscusseshowbiologicalideasbecomeestab-
lished facts; and it uses history to examine how ideas change and to show that the
biologicalfactsthatformthebasisofabiologycoursearealsolikelytochange.
Each chapter is based on biological topics, and examines them for their philo-
sophical, social and political implications. Topics covered include the role of natu-
ral selection in evolution, the history of ideas about fertilisation and inheritance,
vivisection and reductionism. Genetically modified foods, xenotransplantation,
eugenicsandgenetictestingaresomeofthecontroversialsubjectsdiscussed.
ThinkingAboutBiology
shouldbeessentialreadingforallcollegestudentsalready
takingacourseinthebiologicalsciences,andforthosecontemplatingsuchacourse
inthefuture.
stephen websterisalecturerintheScienceCommunicationGroupatImperial
College London, where he teaches the philosophy of science and research ethics.
He is the author of three radio plays and several school biology textbooks. His
current research project at Imperial College examines collaborative ventures
betweenscientistsandartists.
ThinkingAbout
Biology
Stephen Webster
ScienceCommunicationGroup
ImperialCollegeLondon
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