TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lynch,J.M.
TI  - What is life and how might it be sustained?: reflections in a pandemic 
SN  - 9781003304845
AV  - QH325 .L96 2023eb
U1  - 576.8/3 23/eng/20220411
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Boca Raton, FL
PB  - CRC Press
KW  - Life
KW  - Origin
KW  - Environmental protection
KW  - Communicable diseases
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Extinction (Biology)
KW  - Extinction, Biological
KW  - Vie
KW  - Origines
KW  - Environnement
KW  - Protection
KW  - Maladies infectieuses
KW  - Pr�evention
KW  - Extinction (Biologie)
KW  - environmental protection
KW  - aat
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - Infectious Diseases
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Epidemiology
KW  - Public Health
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cosmology and quantum biology -- Origins of life -- Science and the health of planet -- Spread and control of microbes -- Bioethics and governance -- The path ahead
N2  - "How did the universe and life begin and what are the threats to people and the environment in a pandemic? This book is for anybody with interest in protecting life on the planet. Studies on the origin of life and scientific contributions to safeguarding the planet are examined in light of current thinking on climate change. A major focus is the spread of microbes, put in the context of environmental assessment and management, including descriptions of microbiomes and a consideration of the risks of genetic modifications. Lynch shows how failure to control disease can lead to the collapse of any biotic population. To avoid this, the ethics of management of disease by biological control and by vaccination are discussed, at the practical level and in a moral theological context"--
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