Tissue Culture in Science and Society: The Public Life of a Biological Technique in Twentieth Century Britain - Paperback
by D. Wilson
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Availability:In StockContributor:D. WilsonSeries:Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern HistoryTheme:Aspects (Academic)/Historical, Chronological Period/20th Century, Cultural Region/BritishPublish date:7/28/2011Pages:183
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9781349329458ISBN-10:1349329452UPC:9781349329458Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Modern, Social HistoryBook Topic:Great Britain, 20th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.42 inchesWeight:0.232Product ID:SCJ50BM6Q9
This book charts the social and cultural history of the scientific technique known as 'tissue culture'. It shows how tissue culture was a regular public presence in twentieth-century Britain, and argues that history can contribute to current debates surrounding research on human and animal tissue.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9781349329458ISBN-10:1349329452UPC:9781349329458Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Modern, Social HistoryBook Topic:Great Britain, 20th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.42 inchesWeight:0.232Product ID:SCJ50BM6Q9
DUNCAN WILSON is a Wellcome Trust Researcher at the University of Manchester, UK, and is a Historian of Biology and Medicine in twentieth-century Britain. His research looks at the history of tissue culture, debates on animal behaviour, academic reforms of biological science, and the emergence of bioethics in Britain and the United States.
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
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2011 Edition
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