The Global Genome: Biotechnology, Politics, and Culture

by Eugene Thacker

Book Overview

How global biotechnology is redefining "life itself."

In the age of global biotechnology, DNA can exist as biological material in a test tube, as a sequence in a computer database, and as economically valuable information in a patent. In The Global Genome, Eugene Thacker asks us to consider the relationship of these three entities and argues that--by their existence and their interrelationships--they are fundamentally redefining...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262701162
• ISBN13: 9780262701167
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher