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The Biotech Century
Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World
by Jeremy Rifkin
ISBN: 0874779537
ISBN-13: 9780874779530
Format: Paperback
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Summary
An exploration of the marriage between computer technology and genetic engineering and how it influences biotechnology.
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"Jeremy Rifkin knows alot about genetics, much of it up to date, and puts the story across with real passion." -- Steve Jones
-- New York Review of Books
"[BIOTECH CENTURY] really does give you the low-down on why you should not only be worried, but actually trouser-soilingly, memoir-writingly alarmed....[T]he heart of the book is the way it shows how a mixture of genuine philanthropy and sheer, unabashed greed has us mucking about with fundamental forces and systems we nowhere near fully understand." -- Tommy Archer
-- Observer (London)
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: J P Tarcher
Published date: 1999
Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 0.85 pounds
Pages: 271
Publisher's Notes
In this seminal book, the author explores the epic marriage between computer technology and genetic engineering, and the historic transition into the Age of Biotechnology.
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Tarcher. April 5, 1999. Paperback. Very Good. We are poised on the brink of a revolution of unparalleled real-life impact , argues Rifkin in this impassioned, erudite and well-reasoned study. Alrea dy, recombinant DNA techniques, computer gene-mapping and the globalization of commerce have begun to reshape life: the cloning of mammals for inexpen sive pharmaceuticals is but one example. Though he does not dispute the pro mised benefits of biotechnology, Rifkin, president of the Foundation on Eco nomic Trends and author of The End of Work and many other trend-tracking bo oks, warns that we must closely consider its possible (and often little-pub licized) negative consequences. A technology that can find genetic sources of disease, for example, can also lead to widespread acceptance of eugenic practices; techniques for genetically altering crops and animals to improve food sources could just as easily be used to create customized biological weapons. ("Scientists say they may be able to clone selective toxins to eli minate specific racial or ethnic groups whose genotypical makeup predispose them to certain disease patterns," Rifkin warns.) Biotechnology has the ca pacity to deplete, rather than enhance, Earth's gene pool and irreparably d amage ecological balance, according to Rifkin, and it may transform our con ceptions of nature and of life itself. Just as the Industrial Revolution ca used unexpected problems such as depletion of natural resources, overpopula tion, economic injustice and pollution, so the Biotech Revolution will inev itably cause problems we cannot yet imagine, Rifkin contends, especially if we fail to educate ourselves about the nature of biotechnology and neglect ( more information)
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