Download or read book Embryos Under the Microscope written by Jane Maienschein and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Maienschein examines how understanding of embryos evolved from the speculations of natural philosophers to bioengineering, with its life-enhancing therapies. She shows that research on embryos has always seemed promising to some but frightening to others, and makes the case that public understanding must be informed by scientific findings.