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- Title
Laboratory science: representations of reproductive biology in Carl Djerassi’s An Immaculate Misconception: Sex in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction.
- Authors
Kumar, Ajay; Dcruz, Adrene Freeda
- Abstract
Carl Djerassi’s ‘An Immaculate Misconception: Sex in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction’ belongs to the science-in-theatre genre. The play revolves around the incidents in a reproductive biology laboratory and investigates the ethical implications of intracytoplasmic sperm injection, a pathbreaking scientific innovation in the field of assisted reproductive technology. In selecting key scientific themes as the subject matter of his literary works, Djerassi attempts to disseminate scientific ideas to a non-scientific audience. This is a significant step towards narrowing the gap of mutual incomprehension between scientists and non-scientists.
- Subjects
DJERASSI, Carl, 1923-2015; INTRACYTOPLASMIC sperm injection; REPRODUCTION; LABORATORIES; BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE technology
- Publication
Current Science (00113891), 2024, Vol 126, Issue 6, p646
- ISSN
0011-3891
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18520/cs/v126/i6/646-649