Part I. The importance of the story
Conceptual detox: Returning to hogwarts to learn human embryology / Scott Gilbert
Stories of infertility and its conquest: The sisterhood of bloody mary / Clara Pinto-Correia
Part II. Fertilization and its discontents
Fertilization: Two cells at the verge of death cooperate to form a new body that lasts decades / Scott Gilbert
Fertility Rites: Artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization / Clara Pinto-Correia
Part III. The Mother And Her Fetus
Normal development and the beginning of human life / Scott Gilbert
Technological motherhood / Clara Pinto-Correia
Part IV. Improving the human condition through biology
Cloning animals, cells, and genes: Where did cloning come from and where is it going to right now? / Scott Gilbert
Glory days / Clara Pinto-Correia
Infertility Wars / Clara Pinto-Correia
The human condition of fear and wonder / Scott Gilbert
Appendix A. Field guide to assisted reproductive technologies / Scott Gilbert.
