The Biotech Century: Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:TarcherperigeeISBN-13:9780874779530ISBN-10:874779537UPC:9780874779530Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, Biotechnology, Life SciencesBook Topic:Genetics & GenomicsSize:9.02 x 6.01 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCGVF69RKC
In this seminal book, Jeremy Rifkin explores the epic marriage between computer technology and genetic engineering, and the historic transition into the Age of Biotechnology. Already, Rifkin explains, our economy is undergoing a massive shift away from the Industrial Age and into an era in which giant life-science corporations are fashioning a bioindustrial world.Humanity is on the brink of wielding greater control over the shape of life--how we are born; how our food supply is created; the traits our children may have--than has ever been imagined. But with each step into this new era, we must ask ourselves: At what cost?
Languages:EnglishPublisher:TarcherperigeeISBN-13:9780874779530ISBN-10:874779537UPC:9780874779530Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, Biotechnology, Life SciencesBook Topic:Genetics & GenomicsSize:9.02 x 6.01 x 0.79 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCGVF69RKC
One of the most popular social thinkers of our time, Jeremy Rifkin is the bestselling author of The European Dream, The Hydrogen Economy, The Age of Access, The Biotech Century, and The End of Work. A fellow at the Wharton School's Executive Education Program, he is president of The Foundation on Economic Trends in Bethesda, MD.
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