Mary Shelley's creation -- Hideous progeny: Frankenstein retold -- As remorseless as nature: the rise of experimental biology -- Creating life in the laboratory -- Into the brave new world -- Time-bombing our descendants -- Priming the biological time bomb -- The baby of the century -- The gene wars: regulating recombinant DNA -- Conclusion: the human body shop
Summary
Discusses the influences of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and other works of literature on public attitudes towards biotechnology and scientific development over the last two centuries and compares them to the reality of the current controversies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-270) and index
