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Authors: Byron L. Sherwin
ISBN-13: 9781566635684, ISBN-10: 1566635683
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Dee, Ivan R. Publisher
Date Published: January 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Byron L. Sherwin

Book Synopsis

Sherwin (Spertus Institute of Jewish studies, Chicago) grew up with stories of the golem, a Jewish android created by mystical means to protect the Jewish people in the Middle Ages. Notably, according to the tradition, the rabbi would know when it was time to destroy his creation. After a survey of developments in bioengineering, Sherwin contends that our ethical decisions in using these scientific advances will determine whether they turn out to be helpful like the golem or destructive like the Frankenstein monster. Annotation © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Table of Contents

Grandmother's tales3
1Golems 'R Us7
2The golem of Prague18
3Creating a golem27
4Golems among us35
5The past meets the present : the golem and the genome47
6Organic golems : Frankenfood and designer genes66
7Test-tube golems : stem cells and the cloned arranger94
8Mechanical golems : toward a postbiological human future?123
9Corporate golems : the Supreme Court creates an artificial person156
10The honey and the sting : the golem meets Frankenstein192
A note on sources and a personal note213
Index221

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