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Though a New York Times review called it "stupefyingly dull" and its narrator "dim-witted," scientists have other than literary objections to In His Image (Lippincott; $8.95). In the book, published as nonfiction, Author David Rorvik holds that a baby boy cloned from an eccentric aging millionaire (and thus his...
Lucky for Rorvik. Cancer Researcher Beatrice Mintz called Image "unquestionably a work of fiction." She characterized the book as "mildly amusing, though not in ways intended by the author," and said that it was full of "scientific boners." Charged Geneticist Clement Markert: "Rorvik is guilty of false and misleading advertising...
He added Biology "is a very exciting field" and cited the recombinant DNA issue, new advances in immunology and "the whole furor over cloning" as examples of interesting developments.
When cloning is perfected, would you send me a copy of John Travolta, please?
But by proceeding with the cloning, Rorvik and his scientist cronies have made the decisions and they certainly have not been all-knowing nor all-wise. The very types of abuses and unethical procedure which Rorvik cites as dangers of cloning are prevalent in Darwin's work and are likely...