The Uses of Life: A History of Biotechnology

by Robert Bud

Book Overview

This book shows, for the first time, how modern biotechnology grew out of this century's hopes for a new relationship between biology and engineering. Long before recombinant DNA, these promised a new kind of technology. By exploring the rich and surprisingly overlooked complex of prophesies, industrial and scientific development and government programs, the book sheds new light on the expectations now held for biotechnology. A world-wide view, covering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521476992
• ISBN13: 9780521476997
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.9" x 6.0"