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Life's Blueprint The Science and Art of Embryo Creation

Out of Print
By: Benny Shilo(Author)
192 pages, 71 colour illustrations
Life's Blueprint
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  • Life's Blueprint ISBN: 9780300196634 Hardback Oct 2014 Out of Print #214014
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In the span of just three decades, scientific understanding of the formation of embryos has undergone a major revolution. The implications of these new research findings have an immediate bearing on human health and future therapies, yet most nonscientists remain quite unaware of the promising news.

In this engaging book, a distinguished geneticist offers a clear, jargon-free overview of the field of developmental biology. Benny Shilo transforms complicated scientific paradigms into understandable ideas, employing an array of photographic images to demonstrate analogies between the cells of an embryo and human society. Shilo's innovative approach highlights important concepts in a way that will be intuitive and resonant with readers' own experiences.

The author explains what is now known about the mechanisms of embryonic development and the commanding role of genes. For each paradigm under discussion, he provides both a scientific image and a photograph he has taken in the human world. These pairs of images imply powerful metaphors, such as the similarities between communication among cells and among human beings, or between rules embedded in the genome and laws that govern human society. Life's Blueprint concludes with a glimpse of exciting future possibilities, including the generation of tissues and organs for use as "spare parts."

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Biography

Benny Shilo is professor of molecular genetics at the Weizmann Institute of Science, where he has served in a variety of leadership, research, and teaching roles for over 30 years. He is also an amateur photographer. He lives in Rehovot, Israel.

Out of Print
By: Benny Shilo(Author)
192 pages, 71 colour illustrations
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"Shilo provides a broad and informative overview of the field of developmental biology. A timely and engaging introduction to the field for a non-specialist audience."
– James Briscoe, MRC-National Institute for Medical Research, UK

"This is a wonderful, as well as beautiful, book; using the immediately recognizable imagery of photography to convey deep concepts in embryology in a medium that makes it intuitively understandable to a wide audience."
– Cliff Tabin, Harvard Medical School

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