Biotechnology and Society – An Introduction
Autor Hallam Stevensen Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 noi 2016
WithBiotechnology
and
Society,
Hallam
Stevens
offers
an
up-to-date
primer
to
help
us
understand
the
interactions
of
biotechnology
and
society
and
the
debates,
controversies,
fears,
and
hopes
that
have
shaped
how
we
think
about
bodies,
organisms,
and
life
in
the
twenty-first
century.
Stevens
addresses
such
topics
as
genetically
modified
foods,
cloning,
and
stem
cells;
genetic
testing
and
the
potential
for
discrimination;
fears
of
(and,
in
some
cases,
hopes
for)
designer
babies;
personal
genomics;
biosecurity;
and
biotech
art.
Taken
as
a
whole,
the
book
presents
a
clear,
authoritative
picture
of
the
relationship
between
biotechnology
and
society
today,
and
how
our
conceptions
(and
misconceptions)
of
it
could
shape
future
developments.
It
is
an
essential
volume
for
students
and
scholars
working
with
biotechnology,
while
still
being
accessible
to
the
general
reader
interested
in
the
truth
behind
breathless
media
accounts
about
biotech’s
promise
and
perils.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780226046013
ISBN-10: 022604601X
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 28 halftones, 2 line drawings, 3 tables
Dimensiuni: 153 x 229 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.58 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10: 022604601X
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 28 halftones, 2 line drawings, 3 tables
Dimensiuni: 153 x 229 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.58 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Notă biografică
Hallam Stevens is associate professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and the author of Life Out of Sequence: A Data-Driven History of Bioinformatics.
Cuprins
Introduction
Part I: The Limits of Biotechnology
Chapter 1: What Is Biotechnology?
Chapter 2: The Long History of Biotechnology
Part II: Genetic Engineering
Chapter 3: Inventing Genetic Engineering
Chapter 4: Recombinant DNA Debates
Part III: Owning Life
Chapter 5: Biotechnology and Business
Chapter 6: Patenting Life
Part IV: Genetically Modified Foods
Chapter 7: Risk, Regulation, and Our Food
Chapter 8: The Economics of Eating
Part V: The Boundaries of Bodily Life
Chapter 9: Owning Part of You
Chapter 10: Freezing, Banking, Crossing
Part VI: Mapping Genes, Making Society
Chapter 11: Eugenics
Chapter 12: The Human Genome Project
Part VII: Genetic Testing, Discrimination, and Bioethics
Chapter 13: Genetic Testing, Disability, and Discrimination
Chapter 14: Bioethics and Medicine
Part VIII: Virgin Births
Chapter 15: From the Pill to IVF
Chapter 16: Cloning
Part IX: Re-routing Life
Chapter 17: Stem Cells
Chapter 18: Designer Babies
Part X: Minding Your Own Biological Business
Chapter 19: Drugs and Designer Bodies
Chapter 20: Personal Genomics
Part XI: Biotechnology and Diversity
Chapter 21: Biotechnology and Race
Chapter 22: Bioprospecting and Biocolonialism
Part XII: Biological Futures
Chapter 23: Synthetic Biology and Bioterrorism
Chapter 24: Biotechnology and Art
Conclusion: Eternal Life and the Posthuman Future
Acknowledgments
Index
Part I: The Limits of Biotechnology
Chapter 1: What Is Biotechnology?
Chapter 2: The Long History of Biotechnology
Part II: Genetic Engineering
Chapter 3: Inventing Genetic Engineering
Chapter 4: Recombinant DNA Debates
Part III: Owning Life
Chapter 5: Biotechnology and Business
Chapter 6: Patenting Life
Part IV: Genetically Modified Foods
Chapter 7: Risk, Regulation, and Our Food
Chapter 8: The Economics of Eating
Part V: The Boundaries of Bodily Life
Chapter 9: Owning Part of You
Chapter 10: Freezing, Banking, Crossing
Part VI: Mapping Genes, Making Society
Chapter 11: Eugenics
Chapter 12: The Human Genome Project
Part VII: Genetic Testing, Discrimination, and Bioethics
Chapter 13: Genetic Testing, Disability, and Discrimination
Chapter 14: Bioethics and Medicine
Part VIII: Virgin Births
Chapter 15: From the Pill to IVF
Chapter 16: Cloning
Part IX: Re-routing Life
Chapter 17: Stem Cells
Chapter 18: Designer Babies
Part X: Minding Your Own Biological Business
Chapter 19: Drugs and Designer Bodies
Chapter 20: Personal Genomics
Part XI: Biotechnology and Diversity
Chapter 21: Biotechnology and Race
Chapter 22: Bioprospecting and Biocolonialism
Part XII: Biological Futures
Chapter 23: Synthetic Biology and Bioterrorism
Chapter 24: Biotechnology and Art
Conclusion: Eternal Life and the Posthuman Future
Acknowledgments
Index
Recenzii
“Written
in
a
clear
and
accessible
style,Biotechnology
and
Societywill
be
an
important
text
for
classes
devoted
to
biotech,
science,
and
technology
studies,
as
a
primer
for
scholars
just
moving
into
the
subject
area
and
for
the
intellectual
community
interested
in
the
variety
of
different
perspectives
that
Stevens
collects
together.”
"The main strength of the book is its broad coverage of developments concerning biotechnology...Topics covered include the debates over owning and patenting life, genetically modified foods, eugenics, the human genome project, genetic testing, assisted reproductive technologies, stem cells, designer babies, and bioterrorism. Refreshingly, there’s also a section on biotechnology and art. In all of these areas the author raises interesting questions of how scientific and technical developments in biotechnology engage important social and cultural issues, such as the economic and political divide between the rich and the poor, racial discrimination, privacy, and a new type of colonialism."
Descriere
With Biotechnology and Society, Hallam Stevens offers an up-to-date primer to help us understand the interactions of biotechnology and society and the debates, controversies, fears, and hopes that have shaped how we think about bodies, organisms, and life in the twenty-first century. Stevens addresses such topics as genetically modified foods, cloning, and stem cells; genetic testing and the potential for discrimination; fears of (and, in some cases, hopes for) designer babies; personal genomics; biosecurity; and biotech art. Taken as a whole, the book presents a clear, authoritative picture of the relationship between biotechnology and society today, and how our conceptions (and misconceptions) of it could shape future developments. It is an essential volume for students and scholars working with biotechnology, while still being accessible to the general reader interested in the truth behind breathless media accounts about biotech’s promise and perils.