Bad ideas?: an arresting history of our inventions
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London [u.a.]
Bantam
2010
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| ISBN: | 9780593060278 9780593060285 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Preface
and Acknowledgements
ix
Introduction: Too Clever by Half?
1
1
The Brightest Heaven of Invention
13
2
Appetite for Destruction
40
3
A Grinding Existence
55
4
Animal Farm
80
5
Wild and Whirling Words
112
6
Digital Communication
155
7
The Right Promethean Fire
178
8
Sulphurous and Thought-executing Fires
202
9
Oil that Maketh Man s Heart Glad
233
10
Physician, Heal Thyself
279
11
Genetics: Potent Art or Rough Magic?
331
12
Scientists and Citizens: Twelve Aphorisms and a
Manifesto
380
Notes
389
Index
407
We are born with the instinct to create and
invent. Indeed our ability to do so is what
separates us from the rest of the animal world.
The moment man first converted a stone to a
useful tool set him on a relentless path towards
greater power over his environment. But have
our creative ideas always produced desirable
results in line with their original good intention?
Have they always served us well?
BAD IDEAS? traces the fascinating history of our
attempts at self-improvement but also questions
their value.The dubious consequences of the
development of weaponry, for example, are self-
evident. But what of apparently more innocuous
advances such as farming, writing or medicine and
the harvesting of fire? Science has produced huge
good but has also had unforeseen consequences
which seem increasingly to threaten our existence.
Can science and scientists find solutions to the perils
which now menace us?
We join Robert Winston on a thrilling journey
from our earliest days to the present, written
against a huge historical canvas.We learn about
the history of science and engineering, following
the unexpected twists and turns of progress. We
meet some key individuals along the way and share
quirky anecdotes about their lives and brainwaves.
Inspiring, unusual and at times controversial, BAD
IDEAS? assesses the past and looks forward to the
opportunities and ethical challenges of the future.
In so doing it celebrates man s extraordinary capacity
for achievement and offers a hopeful way forward
to protect humanity against what sometimes seem
like bad ideas.
Robert Winston is one of Britain s best-known
scientists. As Professor of Science and Society and
Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial
College, London, and an active researcher in
reproductive physiology, he has made advances in
fertility medicine and is a leading voice in the debate
on embryo research and genetic engineering. His
television series, which include Your Life in Their Hands,
Making Babies, The Human Body, Child of Our Time,
Human Instinct The Story of God and A Child Against All
Odds, have made him a household name. He became
a life peer in 1
995,
and is the founder of the charity
Women for Women.
Author photo
С
Robin Matthews
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