{"product_id":"unnatural-the-heretical-idea-of-making-people","title":"Unnatural","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan we make a human being? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe question has been asked for many centuries, and has produced recipes ranging from the clay golem of Jewish legend to the mass-produced test-tube babies in \u003ci\u003eBrave New World\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eUnnatural\u003c\/i\u003e delves beneath the surface of the cultural history of 'anthropoeia' - the artificial creation of people - to explore what it tells us about our views on life, humanity, creativity and technology, and the soul. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Ball traces the threads that link the legendary inventor Daedalus, Goethe's tragic Faust, the automata-making magicians of E.T.A. Hoffman and Mary Shelley's Victor Frankenstein. He argues that these old tales and myths are alive and well, subtly manipulating the current debates about assisted conception, embryo research and human cloning, which have at last made the idea of 'making people' into flesh and blood reality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32181041922131,"sku":"","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780099551836_0a2a561a-3975-46ed-afaa-8b59e5bf614d.jpg?v=1764665126","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/unnatural-the-heretical-idea-of-making-people","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}