The Biotechnology Revolution
Published on 7. January 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-631-19596-2 (ISBN)
Description
This text aims to provide the specialist and non-specialist reader with an overview of emergent technologies such as new drugs, fertilizers, crops, animals and new reproductive techniques in humans. Based on 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; their application in industry; the diffusion of technologies across institutions and borders; and the impact of key technologies on individuals and society.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
780 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-19596-2 (9780631195962)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
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.