Beyond biotechnology : the barren promise of genetic engineering /
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Author / Creator: | Holdrege, Craig, 1953- |
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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 |
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