Storia naturale del concepimento
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Da tempo, ormai, grazie alla scienza medica abbiamo slegato l’idea del concepimento dal sesso, rendendo la donna libera di scegliere se, quando e quanti figli avere. È stata una svolta epocale che ha cambiato radicalmente, e in meglio, il volto della società in cui viviamo. Ora potrebbe seguire un’altra rivoluzione, forse non così lontana: nientemeno che fare figli da soli. La storia di come avviene la fecondazione è un enorme passo avanti rispetto a quello che si credeva fino a non molto tempo fa. Ma, anche così, è una storia molto provvisoria e semplificata sulla quale gravano ancora preconcetti antichi di migliaia di anni. Oggi, fortunatamente, conosciamo molte più cose e siamo persino tecnicamente in grado di intervenire nel processo. Il futuro del concepimento è a un bivio, ed è questa la storia rivoluzionaria che Aarathi Prasad ci racconta, con garbata semplicità e ineccepibile competenza.
- ISBN: 8833972887
- Casa Editrice: Bollati Boringhieri
- Pagine: 320
- Data di uscita: 16-01-2014
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First sentence: "For most of human history, women have been given little credit when it comes to childbearing." In this book, Aarathi Prasad chronicles reproductive technology from the fertility "treatments" of the middle ages and the Renaissance (eating powdered boar testicles, drinking sheep's uri Leggi tutto
يذهلني تطور العلم في ال٢٠٠ سنة الماضية ، فبعد أن كنا نعتقد أن الحيوان المنوي ما هو إلا إنسان صغير وأن بويضات المرأة ما هي إلا بيت لتغذية الجنين ، صرنا نرى ملايين الحيوانات المنوية التي تغزو البويضة وعند اختراق واحد منها لها فإنها تتصلب منعا لدخول الآخرين ، فضلا عن وجود الكثير من العيوب التي تقلل من Leggi tutto
This was an interesting book - approaching reproduction very much from a biological rather than human standpoint. However, I took issue with a number of things that were presented as 'fact' without any source references. Also, this is not a book to tackle when you're feeling tired as a lot of the se Leggi tutto
Modern humans about sorted their contraception, but the reproductive options are still limited to the variations on the “egg + sperm = baby”. The amazon review of Aarthy Prasad’s book has promised that it “delivers an astonishing exploration of the mysteries of sex and evolution past, present, and f Leggi tutto
I was gifted this book as part of the GoodReads giveaway. "Like a Virgin" is, first, highly readable. As a happily childless woman I am not particularly interested in the ins and outs of the uterus (the reason I wanted to read this was the more science fictional aspects explored) but even the biology Leggi tutto
"Male plus female equals baby will no longer be our only path forward. As we conceive the once inconceivable and take full control of how and when we bring the next generation into the world, we are sure to dislodge many notions of sex and gender along the way" - Aarathi Prasad. The title is enticing Leggi tutto
Aarathi manages to cover a range of areas associated with sex, sexual intercourse, fertilisation, implantation, genetics and artificial...you name it! An eye-opening book which left me wondering...given how difficult it is to actually get pregnant, how is it that there are 7+ billion people in the wo Leggi tutto
You should possibly leave morals, scruples, ethics etc at the door before reading this otherwise you may (as I did) get incensed at some of the experiments that are undertaken in the name of science and without comment from the author. However, this is a really interesting and relevant book which is Leggi tutto
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