num_pages: 336
description: This is the highly acclaimed book by Robin Marantz Henig about the early days of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and the ethical and legal battles waged in the 1970s, as well as the scientific advances that eventually changed the public perception of "test tube babies." Published in paperback for the first time, this timely and provocative book brilliantly presents the scientific and ethical dilemmas in the ongoing debate over what it means to be human in a technological age.
language: English
title: Pandora's Baby: How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution
titlecomplete: Pandora's Baby: How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution
genres: Nonfiction, Science
ratings_count: 59
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: ASJA Outstanding Book Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press