The Biotechnology Revolution
Blackwell Publishers
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-0-631-17085-3 (ISBN)
Description
Based on pieces and articles from scientists and commentators in the field, this book looks at the whole range of key issues including: the technologies themselves and their future; the diffusion of technologies across institutions and borders; and the impact of key technologies on individuals and society. The book is designed to illuminate the subject of biotechnolosy for scientists, students, academics and the general reader. It provides readers with a comprehensive overview of these powerful and unpredictable emergent technologies.
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Edition
Illustrated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Illustrated edition
ISBN-13
978-0-631-17085-3 (9780631170853)
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Persons
Editor
Institute for Japanese European Technology Studies, Edinburgh
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Netherlands Business School, The Netherlands
Content
The technologies; applications of biotechnology; the diffusion of biotechnology; regulation of biotechnology; impacts of biotechnology; policy - the role of the state in biotechnology; Third World and biotechnology - promises and pitfalls; company profiles.