Book ID: CBB000471357

Rapture: How Biotech Became the New Religion (2003)

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Alexander, Brian (Author)


Basic Books


Publication Date: 2003
Physical Details: 289 pp.; bib.; index
Language: English

Description Account of scientists and entrepreneurs on the cutting edge of biotechnology research into cloning, human genetic engineering, and life prolongation.


Citation URI
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Authors & Contributors
Alexander Bogner
Park, Yun-gu
Paik, Young-Gyung
Anja Bauer
Domaradzki, Jan
Voigt, Torsten H.
Journals
Public Understanding of Science
Zygon
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Science, Technology and Human Values
Science as Culture
Journal of the History of Biology
Publishers
Routledge
Mim Press
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Verso
Springer
Rowman & Littlefield
Concepts
Biotechnology
Cloning of organisms
Biology
Genetics
Biology and ethics; bioethics
Public understanding of science
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
Early modern
19th century
18th century
Places
Edinburgh
Cuba
European Union
Asia
Brazil
Institutions
Human Genome Project
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