Man Made: A History of Synthetic Life | Science History Institute

People have been thinking about artificial life for a lot longer than we might imagine. Philip Ball delves into that past to find the unexpected origins of our present-day anxiety.

Man Made: A History of Synthetic Life | Science History Institute About Magazine Podcasts Events Museum Hours: Wednesday–Saturday, 10am–5pm Stories Magazine Distillations magazine Unexpected Stories from Science’s Past Arts & Culture Early Science & Alchemy Environment & Nature Health & Medicine Inventions & Discoveries People & Politics April 16, 2016 Arts & Culture Man Made: A History of Synthetic Life Science writer Philip Ball digs into myth, history, and science to untangle the roots of our fears of artificial life. by Philip Ball The creation of a homunculus, an artificially made miniatu

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