Occasion – The Transparent Egg, Testart Jacques

Jacques Testart takes stock of the rapidly evolving techniques and methods available today, which offer an unprecedented level of control over in-vitro procreation. More importantly, he passionately explains, in clear and lively language, the biological, sociological, and human problems that arise from a new condition unprecedented in history. What is this assisted reproduction? What is the status of a human egg? What would be the consequences of systematic control over the identity of an egg produced in a test tube? Michel Serres, in his preface, philosophically analyzes the ethical questions raised by this new progress in life sciences.