| Author | : Lynda I. A. Birke |
| File Size | : 41,6 Mb |
| Publisher | : Georgetown University Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 17 June 1995 |
| ISBN | : 0253209811 |
| Pages | : 316 pages |
Reinventing Biology by Lynda I. A. Birke Book PDF Summary
"Much more than a book about animal welfare, it explores how the scientific questions and answers would be different if biology operated from a paradigm of respect for the objects of study. Thirteen contributions are arranged in four distinct sections; individual topics vary extensively but each is first-rate." --Choice "Ruth Hubbard and Lynda Birke have asked an important question: how would the practices of biology change if organisms were considered subjects with agency? They have gathered an array of excellent scholars and a broad spectrum of perspectives.... this is a fresh and important question." --Londa Schiebinger Essays explore how the practice of biology could change if scientists treated the organisms they use in their experiments respectfully: what it means to raise animals or plants as experimental resources; what guides decisions about which animals to breed for experimental purposes.