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Friday 20 November 2015, 18:00-19:15
Human embryos: a visual history
- đ¤ Speaker: Dr Nick Hopwood, Department of History and Philosophy of Science đ Website
- đ Date & Time: Friday 20 November 2015, 18:00 - 19:15
- đ Venue: Wolfson College, Old Combination Room
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Dr Antonio M. M. Rodrigues
Abstract
The talk will survey the making of serial representations of human embryos from the 1700s, when they were almost nowhere to be seen, to the present day, when they routinely stand for the course of pregnancies and are prominent symbols of biomedical hope and fear.
Series This talk is part of the Wolfson College Science Society series.
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