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Changing Life

by Peter J. Taylor, Saul E. Halfon, Paul N. Edwards

In laboratories all over the world, life, even the idea of life, is changing - and with these changes, come transformations in our social order. This text offers a look at how the mutable forms and concepts of life link the processes of science to those of information, finance, and commodities.

FORMAT
Paperback
LANGUAGE
English
CONDITION
Brand New


Publisher Description

In laboratories all over the world, life even the idea of life is changing. And with these changes, whether they result in square tomatoes or cyborgs, come transformations in our social order - sometimes welcome, sometimes troubling, depending on where we stand. This text offers a close look at how the mutable forms and concepts of life link the processes of science to those of information, finance, and commodities.

Details

ISBN0816630135
Short Title CHANGING LIFE
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Language English
ISBN-10 0816630135
ISBN-13 9780816630134
Media Book
Format Paperback
Series Number 13
Year 1997
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Subtitle Genomes, Ecologies, Bodies, Commodities
Country of Publication United States
Pages 240
Place of Publication Minnesota
Edited by Edwards
DOI 10.1604/9780816630134
UK Release Date 1997-09-01
NZ Release Date 1997-09-01
US Release Date 1997-09-01
Author Paul N. Edwards
Series Studies in Classical Philology
Publication Date 1997-09-01
Alternative 9780816630127
DEWEY 570
Audience Undergraduate
AU Release Date 1997-08-31

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