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61. Introduction to Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering(w CD-ROM) (Bioengineering)(Biotechnology) (Engineering) by A. J. Nair, PhD. | |
Hardcover: 1000
Pages
(2008-01-23)
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A fine collection for novices |
62. Biochemical engineering and biotechnology handbook by Bernard Atkinson | |
Hardcover: 1119
Pages
(1983)
Isbn: 0943818028 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
63. What Can Nanotechnology Learn From Biotechnology?: Social and Ethical Lessons for Nanoscience from the Debate over Agrifood Biotechnology and GMOs (Food Science and Technology) | |
Hardcover: 360
Pages
(2008-03-11)
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useful comparisons between the fields |
64. Grapevine Molecular Physiology & Biotechnology | |
Hardcover: 612
Pages
(2009-06-25)
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Editorial Review Product Description Grapevine is one of the most widely cultivated plant species worldwide. With the publication of the grapevine genome sequence in 2007, a new horizon in grapevine research has unfolded. Thus, we felt that a new edition of ‘Molecular Biology & Biotechnology of the Grapevine’ could expand on all the latest scientific developments. In this edition and with the aid of 73 scientists from 15 countries, ten chapters describe new aspects of Grapevine Molecular Physiology and Biotechnology and eleven chapters have been revised and updated. This book is intended to be a reference book for researchers, scientists and biotechnological companies, who want to be updated in viticultural research, but also it can be used as a textbook for graduate and undergraduate students, who are interested in the Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of Plants with an emphasis on the Grapevine. |
65. Biotechnology Valuation: An Introductory Guide (The Wiley Finance Series) by Karl Keegan | |
Hardcover: 216
Pages
(2009-01-14)
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very difficult to evaluate a biotech's prospects |
66. Plant Development and Biotechnology | |
Hardcover: 376
Pages
(2004-07-28)
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67. Microscopic Techniques in Biotechnology by Michael Hoppert | |
Hardcover: 320
Pages
(2001-08-27)
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68. Patents for Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology: Fundamentals of Global Law, Practice and Strategy by Philip W. Grubb, Peter R. Thomsen | |
Hardcover: 592
Pages
(2010-05-06)
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First rate
An outstanding publication |
69. Academia to Biotechnology: Career Changes at any Stage by Jeffrey M Gimble | |
Paperback: 186
Pages
(2004-09-29)
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70. Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Concepts and Applications by Gary Walsh | |
Paperback: 498
Pages
(2007-08-31)
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71. Biotechnology: Applying the Genetic Revolution by David P. Clark BA (honors)Christ's College Cambridge1973<br>PhD University of Brsitol (England)1977, Nanette Pazdernik | |
Hardcover: 768
Pages
(2008-09-19)
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72. Science, Seeds, and Cyborgs: Biotechnology and the Appropriation of Life by Finn Bowring | |
Hardcover: 344
Pages
(2003-03)
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Editorial Review Product Description Science, Seeds and Cyborgs then explores the social and ethical implications of genetic engineering. Bowring argues that the current cultural obsession with the idea of cyborgs encapsulates society's biotech vision and ultimately the victory of a technocratic consciousness. We are entering a mechanical civilization in which feelings of sympathy and affection, moral ambiguities, cosmic doubts and inexpressible convictions are nothing but obstacles to the rapid circulation of data and the harmonious reproduction of technological systems. If this cybernetic vision succeeds, biotechnology achieves its final triumph: the abolition of subjectivity and the adaptation of humans to an inhuman world. Customer Reviews (2)
Mechanization of the world picture
A post-hermeneutic defense of anti-biotechnology This book is definitely against the practice of genetic engineering, but it does not thankfully engage indulge itself in the blatant vituperation that so frequently accompanies groups that are. The author gives what might be characterized as a "post-Marxist", or "post hermeneutic" justification of anti-biotechnology, ala Karl Marx, Jurgen Habermas, Michel Foucault, and Erich Fromm. Even though I disagree profoundly with the author's conclusions, the book still could be of interest to anyone who wants to understand, in a calm and rational manner, some of the current arguments against biotechnology. There are many places in the book where the author's arguments are weak or unjustified. One of them is in the first paragraph of the book in the preface, where the author asserts that "genetic modification is always an experiment", and that no models exist which can be "innocently tested, corrected and revised." This is certainly false, as there are many indications of what the final results will be when performing genetic modification, and with the assistance of mathematics and physics, highly sophisticated models can be developed that give large amounts of information on what will happen to organisms and the environment after genetic modification has taken place. In addition, the author does not mention that the scope of human intervention using genetic modification is insignificant compared to that which takes place naturally, and at extremely small time scales. Indeed, the phenomenon of horizontal gene transfer, which the author clearly feels threatened by, is one of the these. This is not to say that humankind should have a cavalier attitude about genetic engineering, but concerns about its practice should be done in the context of what is known from a scientific viewpoint, with careful regard also to ethical considerations. Also, the author speaks of the danger of changing genetic sequences that have remained "stable" for hundreds of thousands of years. He does not define though what he means by stability. The evolutionary process though, if viewed from the standpoint of the myriads of species that have appeared and died out in the time frame discussed by the author, would be difficult to label as 'stable'. Because of the post-Marxist orientation in the book, it is not surprising to read that the author views biotechnology in his words as a "tool of power" which "rarely lends itself to fair, responsible, and democratic control." But market motivations cannot by themselves allow one to characterize the biotech industry as being uniquely this way. After all, the organic food industry is "market-motivated", but it would be wrong to prohibit its products from being put on the market simply because of this. The author also speaks of how science is being "corrupted" by its growing dependence on big business. But due to its need for funding, there are only two ways in which science can survive as a profession: obtaining funding from the government or from private business. One can certainly think of examples where scientists have been dishonest in their attempts to gain funding, but this happens in the context of both of these funding sources. The book though does not limit itself totally with issues in biotechnology. The author includes a chapter called "The Cyborg Solution" which he views as the move to bring about intelligent machines and to enhance human capabilities using silicon implants. After calling these proposals "infatuations", he claims that they are a "disembodiment of the human will." The "cyborg enthusiasts" follow a "technological imperative" the true purpose of which is to remove the obstacles presented by people to the reproduction of machines. There may be some "cyborg enthusiasts" who feel this way (the author does not give examples), but there are also those in the same group who view machines as purely complimentary to human beings. These machines could act as companions, not slaves; as friends with their own unique capabilities, with these capabilities widely varying between machines. The machines themselves will also have a lot to learn from their human counterparts, with the result being more of a symbiosis, rather than a replacement. The author ends the book with severe criticism of the scientific enterprise in general. He joins the philosopher Edmund Husserl in the desire to hold on to the "mystery" of experience. Science, he says, is an escape from the "impossibility of illuminating the inexactitude" of experience. Science and the cyborg will remove doubt and wonder, the "incommunicable convictions, that are definitive of the human subject". Quoting Husserl, he describes mathematics as "thoroughly relative science",as one that has forgotten the "working subject". But doubt and wonder are the handmaidens of science and mathematics: doubt helps to resolve issues and fine tune theories, and wonder is a purely subjective feeling of having understood something for the first time, and of participating in the incredible diversity of the natural world. Science does not take us farther away from who we are, but closer. ... Read more |
73. Glossary of Biotechnology Terms, Fourth Edition (Glossary of Biotechnology & Nanobiotechnology Terms) by Kimball Nill | |
Hardcover: 416
Pages
(2005-11-16)
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74. Anaerobic Biotechnology for Bioenergy Production: Principles and Applications by Samir Khanal | |
Hardcover: 320
Pages
(2008-10-20)
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75. Modern Biotechnology: Connecting Innovations in Microbiology and Biochemistry to Engineering Fundamentals by Nathan S. Mosier, Michael R. Ladisch | |
Hardcover: 464
Pages
(2009-08-17)
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76. Biotechnology, Weapons and Humanity by British Medical Association | |
Hardcover: 152
Pages
(1999-01-18)
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77. Penicillin: A Paradigm for Biotechnology | |
Paperback: 125
Pages
(1998-12-01)
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78. Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications, Third Edition: Textbook Edition | |
Paperback: 496
Pages
(2007-10-30)
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79. Venture Capital and the European Biotechnology Industry by William Bains | |
Hardcover: 232
Pages
(2009-03-15)
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80. Fungal Biotechnology in Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Applications (Mycology) | |
Hardcover: 700
Pages
(2003-12-17)
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