Beyond biotechnology : the barren promise of genetic engineering /

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Author / Creator:Holdrege, Craig, 1953-
Imprint:Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2008.
Description:ix, 262 p : ill., 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Culture of the land
Subject:Genetic engineering.
Plant genetic engineering.
Agricultural biotechnology.
Agricultural biotechnology.
Genetic engineering.
Plant genetic engineering.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7189862
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Other authors / contributors:Talbott, Steve.
ISBN:9780813124841 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813124840 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-245) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Part I. Genetic Engineering and Agriculture
  • 1. Sowing Technology
  • 2. Golden Genes and World Hunger: Let Them Eat Transgenic Rice?
  • 3. Will Biotech Feed the World? The Broader Context
  • 4. We Label Orange Juice, Why Not Genetically Modified Food?
  • Part II. Genes and Context
  • 5. Genes Are Not Immune to Context: Examples from Bacteria
  • 6. The Gene: A Needed Revolution
  • 7. Reflections on the Human Genome Project
  • 8. Me and My Double Helixes
  • 9. Logic, DNA, and Poetry
  • Part III. To Be an Organism
  • 10. The Cow: Organism or Bioreactor?
  • 11. The Forbidden Question
  • 12. What Does It Mean to Be a Sloth?
  • Part IV. Science Evolving
  • 13. The Language of Nature
  • 14. Delicate Empiricism: Practicing a Goethean Approach to Science
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Index