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Embryology has evolved from myth in early cultures, who knew little about the details of conception and pregnancy, to the height of modern scientific knowledge. Thomas Weihs argues persuasively that new scientific understanding of embryology could engender a new mythology, and that, in fact, science and myth are complementary aspects of the study of new life.

He explores the correspondence between the creation story in Genesis, and other creation myths, with the development of the human embryo, and also discusses how the intuitive heart-felt values we associate with pregnancy and birth can be reconciled with the science of our age.



Table of Contents

Foreword by John Davy
Introduction
From Mythos to Science
1. The story of creation
2. A brief history of embryology
Current Thinking in Biology and Embryology
3. Mendel and Darwin
4. The beginnings of experimental embryology
5. The discovery of genes
6. The search for the origin of form
From Science to Mythos
7. Embryogenesis and Genesis
8. Embryonic form development and cosmos
Biology and Spirit
9. Embryogenesis and the Gospels
10. Form and individuality

Embryogenesis in Myth and Science

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      Publisher Floris Books
      Published 12 January 2018
      ISBN-13 9781782504993
      978-1782504993
      ISBN-10 1782504990
      Also in:
      Embryology Social and cultural anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Embryology has evolved from myth in early cultures, who knew little about the details of conception and pregnancy, to the height of modern scientific knowledge. Thomas Weihs argues persuasively that new scientific understanding of embryology could engender a new mythology, and that, in fact, science and myth are complementary aspects of the study of new life.

      He explores the correspondence between the creation story in Genesis, and other creation myths, with the development of the human embryo, and also discusses how the intuitive heart-felt values we associate with pregnancy and birth can be reconciled with the science of our age.



      Table of Contents

      Foreword by John Davy
      Introduction
      From Mythos to Science
      1. The story of creation
      2. A brief history of embryology
      Current Thinking in Biology and Embryology
      3. Mendel and Darwin
      4. The beginnings of experimental embryology
      5. The discovery of genes
      6. The search for the origin of form
      From Science to Mythos
      7. Embryogenesis and Genesis
      8. Embryonic form development and cosmos
      Biology and Spirit
      9. Embryogenesis and the Gospels
      10. Form and individuality

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