Bibliograph

Beyond biotechnology, the barren promise of genetic engineering, Craig Holdrege and Steve Talbott

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Label

Beyond biotechnology, the barren promise of genetic engineering, Craig Holdrege and Steve Talbott

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-245) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Beyond biotechnology

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

697182442

Responsibility statement

Craig Holdrege and Steve Talbott

Series statement

Culture of the land

Sub title

the barren promise of genetic engineering

Summary

The Human Genome Project announced in 2003 that it had successfully mapped the human DNA. Scientists, politicians, theologians, and pundits speculated what would follow. Beyond Biotechnology: The Barren Promise of Genetic Engineering distinguishes between hype and reality, examining the delicate relationship between science and nature. Authors Craig Holdrege and Steve Talbott evaluate the current state of genetic science and examine its potential applications, as well as possible dangers. The authors illustrate how the popular view of genetics does not include an understanding of how genes wor

Table Of Contents

Sowing technology -- Golden genes and world hunger : let them eat transgenic rice? -- Will biotech feed the world? The broader context -- We label orange juice, why not genetically modified food? -- Genes are not immune to context : examples from bacteria -- The gene : a needed revolution -- Reflections on the Human Genome Project -- Me and my double helixes -- Logic, DNA, and poetry -- The cow : organism or bioreactor? -- The forbidden question -- What does it mean to be a sloth? -- The language of nature -- Delicate empiricism : practicing a Goethean approach to science

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