The Genetic Revolution: Scientific Prospects and Public Perceptions

by Bernard D. Davis

Remarkable advances in molecular genetics have brought benefits ranging from more flavorful tomatoes to inexpensive human insulin produced in bacteria. But not everyone welcomes the inevitable "genetic revolution." Perhaps because experts and the general public belatedly recognized that the benefits of other technologies have come at great cost--pollution of the environment, exhaustion of natural resources, even damage to the atmosphere--many assume...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801842395
• ISBN13: 9780801842399
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 9.0"