DREAMING: An Introduction to the Science of Sleep. By J. Allan Hobson. Oxford Univ. Press. 170 pp. $22
What do tummy tucks and Viagra have to do with the brave new world of genetic technology and wonder drugs? In today’s debates over relatively commonplace medical matters, we can see the outlines of tomorrow’s titanic clashes over technologies that promise to alter human destiny.
Four recent books on parenting,reviewed by Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn.
BEING AMERICA:
Liberty, Commerce, and Violence in an American World.
By Jedediah Purdy. Knopf.
337 pp. $24
UNCERTAIN SCIENCE,
UNCERTAIN WORLD.
By Henry N. Pollack. Cambridge Univ. Press. 252 pp. $25
The Electoral College may seem like a relic from the past, but there are good reasons to retain the system.