Books
Dr. Stock has written works on the impact and significance of recent advances in technology and the life sciences, and several bestsellers on values and ethics. His Book of Questions series, which consists of four eclectic collections of provocative situational dilemmas, was designed to generate discussion and thought about value-laden issues. The series has sold more than three million copies in total, been translated into 17 languages, and spawned a host of imitations. The original Book of Questions was number 1 on the New York Times Bestseller's list for 8 weeks.
His books on technology, public policy and future human evolution are:
- Metaman:The Merging of Humans and Machines into a Global Superorganism.(1993).
- Engineering the Human Germline: An Exploration of the Science and Ethics of Altering the Genes We Pass to Our Children (2000, Oxford University Press) (Co-editor with John Campbell).
- Redesigning Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic Future (2002)
Redesigning humans won the Kistler Award Kistler Prize for science writing. Stock has also written numerous articles and papers on these topics.
- The Book of Questions (1987) ISBN 978-0-89480-320-8
- Business, Politics, and Ethics: The Book of Questions (1991, Workman. NY.)
- Love and Sex: The Book of Questions. (1989, Workman. NY.)
- The Kids' Book of Questions. (1988, Workman. NY.)
Stock currently serves on the editorial Board of Rejuvination Science, the International Journal of Bioethics, the Journal of Evolution and Technology, and the American Journal of Bioethics.
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