Algeny, Algeny, AlgenyPredicts a new world resulting from man's conscious manipulation of the genetic material of life, and tries to predict the kind of future that choice of one's offspring's genes may involve. |
Contents
A New Temporal Theory of Nature | 159 |
Choices | 247 |
Notes | 257 |
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