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Can science make sense of life? In conversation with Prof. Sheila Jasanoff

Can science make sense of life? In conversation with Prof. Sheila Jasanoff

Nick Spencer talks to Prof. Sheila Jasanoff about her book Can science make sense of life? 06/06/2023

The ability to manipulate genetic material has never been greater, and is increasing all the time. With it comes the claim that genetics can makes sense of life – controlling, directing, shaping who we are? Can it?

Nick Spencer talks to Prof. Sheila Jasanoff about her book Can science make sense of life?

 


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Nick Spencer

Nick Spencer

Nick is Senior Fellow at Theos. He is the author of a number of books and reports, including Magisteria: the entangled histories of science and religion (Oneworld, 2023), The Political Samaritan: how power hijacked a parable (Bloomsbury, 2017), The Evolution of the West (SPCK, 2016) and Atheists: The Origin of the Species (Bloomsbury, 2014). He is host of the podcast Reading Our Times.

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Posted 6 June 2023

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