Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts

by Emily Anthes

Book Overview

Winner of 2014 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Best Young Adult Science Book Longlisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award One of Nature 's Summer Book Picks One of Publishers Weekly 's Top Ten Spring 2013 Science Books For centuries, we've toyed with our creature companions, breeding dogs that herd and hunt, housecats that look like tigers, and teacup pigs that fit snugly in our handbags. But what happens when we take animal alteration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374158592
• ISBN13: 9780374158590
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Scientific American
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"