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  • Biotechnology and Society

    An Introduction

    With Biotechnology and Society, Hallam Stevens offers an up-to-date primer to help us understand the interactions of biotechnology and society and the debates, controversies, fears, and hopes that have shaped how we think about bodies, organisms, and life in the twenty-first century. Stevens addresses such topics as genetically modified foods, cloning, and stem cells; genetic testing and the ... Leer más

    $23.09 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Crafting Everyday Food

    Technology, Tradition, and Transformation in Modern East Asia

    Series series Food in Asia and the Pacific
    Focusing on East Asia from the nineteenth century to the present, Crafting Everyday Food highlights the role of technology in transforming traditional foods into modern ones and in reinventing industrialized foods as heritage foods. The seven expert researchers adopt a unique technological perspective to trace the transformation of traditional fermented foodstuffs typical of the region—kimchi, soy ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

  • Postgenomics

    Perspectives on Biology after the Genome

    Ten years after the Human Genome Project’s completion the life sciences stand in a moment of uncertainty, transition, and contestation. The postgenomic era has seen rapid shifts in research methodology, funding, scientific labor, and disciplinary structures. Postgenomics is transforming our understanding of disease and health, our environment, and the categories of race, class, and gender. At the ... Leer más

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  • Life Out of Sequence

    A Data-Driven History of Bioinformatics

    Thirty years ago, the most likely place to find a biologist was standing at a laboratory bench, peering down a microscope, surrounded by flasks of chemicals and petri dishes full of bacteria. Today, you are just as likely to find him or her in a room that looks more like an office, poring over lines of code on computer screens. The use of computers in biology has radically transformed who ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

  • Badu Boys Rule!

    Young Heroes is a series of action-packed chapter books to get boys reading!With an interest age of 9-10 and a reading age of 10-14+, these books have been written to encourage those who struggle with reading to pick up a book and enjoy reading. ... Leer más

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    Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution

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  • Edible Economics

    A Hungry Economist Explains the World

    de Ha-Joon Chang ...
    A creative and surprising exploration of economics through the lens of the food and global cuisine―from the bestselling author of Economics.For decades, a single, free-market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this intellectual monoculture is bland and unhealthy. Ha-Joon Chang makes challenging economic ideas delicious by plating them alongside stories about food from around the world, ... Leer más

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  • Hacking Darwin

    Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity

    de Jamie Metzl ...
    "A gifted and thoughtful writer, Metzl brings us to the frontiers of biology and technology, and reveals a world full of promise and peril." — Siddhartha Mukherjee MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The GeneA groundbreaking exploration of genetic engineering and its impact on the future of our species from leading geopolitical expert and technology futurist, ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Denialism

    How Irrational Thinking Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives

    In this provocative and headline-making book, Michael Specter confronts the widespread fear of science and its terrible toll on individuals and the planet.In Denialism, Michael Specter reveals that Americans have come to mistrust institutions and especially the institution of science more today than ever before. For centuries, the general view had been that science is neither good nor bad—that it ... Leer más

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  • The Myth of Chinese Capitalism

    The Worker, the Factory, and the Future of the World

    The "vivid, provocative" untold story of how restrictive policies are preventing China from becoming the world's largest economy (Evan Osnos).Dexter Roberts lived in Beijing for two decades working as a reporter on economics, business and politics for Bloomberg Businessweek. In The Myth of Chinese Capitalism, Roberts explores the reality behind today's financially-ascendant China and pulls the ... Leer más

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  • The Genesis Machine

    Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology

    A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA breakthrough investigation of synthetic biology: the promising and controversial technology platform that combines biology and artificial intelligence and has the potential to program biological systems like we program computers.The breakthrough science of synthetic biology has the potential to help solve humanity’s existential challenges from climate change, to ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Superconvergence

    How the Genetics, Biotech, and AI Revolutions Will Transform our Lives, Work, and World

    de Jamie Metzl ...
    From a leading futurist and OneShared.World founder, a "brilliant" book that explores how artificial intelligence and other revolutionary technologies are transforming our lives–and our future (Sanjay Gupta).New technologies have the potential to improve our health, feed billions of people, supercharge our economies, store essential information for millions of years, and save our planet. But if we ... Leer más

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