That is because all the themes in the book, so to speak, are revealed by symbolism or depicted as images. ... The whole book is consciously structured by the seasonal cycle, both beginning and ending in the spring, the time when the world renews itself. ... The discussion about animals is another prominent feather of the book. ... Thoreau takes much attention to describe the behaviors of different animals, but it does not make his writing like a zoological report. ... The dawn appears many times in the book as a symbol of awakening of the country. ...

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News and World Report, I thought that the articles on genetic research stated facts and only facts. ... God was there with Gregor Mendel in 1865 when he proposed the concept of the gene (US News and World Report 120:12). ... (US News and World Report 130:20). ... The environment in this case can be the deciding factor on whether or not you have a disease or not (US News and World Report 127:17). ... I believe most scientists do the work that they do so that they can help others and not so that they can get there name in a book. ...

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By 1973 Cohen and Boyer create first recombinant DNA organisms. 1978, the release of David Rorvik's book, In His Image: The Cloning of a man sparks a worldwide debate on cloning ethics. 1984 Steen Willadsen, a Danish scientist, reports he has made a genetic copy of a lamb from early sheep embryo cells, a process now called "twinning." ... In February 1997 Wilmut and colleagues at the Roslin Institute in Scotland report they have cloned a 6-year-old adult sheep from an udder cell. ... In 1978 the release of David Rorvik's book, In His Image: The Cloning of a Man, sparks a worldwide de...

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Besides, the hard fact is that "foods derived from GM crops have been consumed by hundreds of millions of people across the world for more than 15 years, with no reported ill effects (or legal cases related to human health).... The environmental science book Silent Spring has recorded the disastrous consequences of indiscriminate use of pesticides on the environment, and there is no exaggeration in saying that using pesticides may do irremediable damage on human beings as it can incur untoward consequences. ... Reductions of total active ingredient have been reported for Bt crops compared...

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Carl Sagan, in his book Broca's Brain, discusses science and technology and says that "more than one billion people alive today owe the margin between barely adequate nutrition and starvation to high agricultural technology" (41). ... In their book, The Stork and the Plow, Paul R. ... In their book Full House, Lester brown and Hal Kane list six constraints that need to be taken into account when projecting future supply trends: One, the backlog of unused agricultural technology is shrinking, leaving the more progressive farmers fewer agronomic option for expanding food output Two...

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