The scientific conscience
Subtitle: reflections on the modern biologist and humanism
By: Catherine Roberts.
Publisher: G. Braziller
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Science -- Philosophy.; Biology -- Philosophy.; Humanism.
Description: Seven essays on the conflict between humanism and science by a microbiologist.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [122]-126.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The modern biologist at the crossroads; title: Positive eugenics and evolution; title: The utilization of animals in medical research; title: Superior knowledge, modern science, and the human potential; title: Nightingales, hawks, and the two cultures; title: Humanism and the rhesus.