Galileo's Middle Finger
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| Author | Alice Dreger |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Medicine and health sciences |
| Publisher | Penguin Press |
Publication date | 2015 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback and Hardback) |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | 978-1-59420-608-5 |
Galileo's Middle Finger is a 2015 book about the ethics of medical research by Alice Dreger, an American bioethicist and author. Dreger explores the relationship between science and social justice by discussing a number of scientific controversies. These include the debates surrounding intersex genital surgery, autogynephilia, and anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon's work.