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  • Biotech

    The Countercultural Origins of an Industry

    de Eric J. Vettel ...
    Series series Politics and Culture in Modern America
    The seemingly unlimited reach of powerful biotechnologies and the attendant growth of the multibillion-dollar industry have raised difficult questions about the scientific discoveries, political assumptions, and cultural patterns that gave rise to for-profit biological research. Given such extraordinary stakes, a history of the commercial biotechnology industry must inquire far beyond the ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Biotech

    The Countercultural Origins of an Industry

    de Eric J. Vettel ...
    Series series Politics and Culture in Modern America
    The seemingly unlimited reach of powerful biotechnologies and the attendant growth of the multibillion-dollar industry have raised difficult questions about the scientific discoveries, political assumptions, and cultural patterns that gave rise to for-profit biological research. Given such extraordinary stakes, a history of the commercial biotechnology industry must inquire far beyond the ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

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  • The Code Breaker

    Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

    de Walter Isaacson ...
    A Best Book of 2021 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Time, and The Washington PostThe bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a “compelling” (The Washington Post) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies.When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth... ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

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  • Merchants of Doubt

    How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

    de Naomi Oreskes, Mr Erik M. Conway ...
    The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers.Merchants ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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  • Fatal Invention

    How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century

    de Dorothy Roberts ...
    An incisive, groundbreaking book that examines how a biological concept of race is a myth that promotes inequality in a supposedly "post-racial" era.Though the Human Genome Project proved that human beings are not naturally divided by race, the emerging fields of personalized medicine, reproductive technologies, genetic genealogy, and DNA databanks are attempting to resuscitate race as a ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Misinformation Age

    How False Beliefs Spread

    de Cailin O'Connor, James Owen Weatherall ...
    "Empowering and thoroughly researched, this book offers useful contemporary analysis and possible solutions to one of the greatest threats to democracy." — Kirkus ReviewsEditors' choice, The New York Times Book ReviewRecommended reading, Scientific AmericanWhy should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite bad, even fatal, consequenc... ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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  • The Exceptions

    Nancy Hopkins and the Fight for Women in Science

    de Kate Zernike ...
    **A New York Times Notable BookAs late as 1999, women who succeeded in science were called “exceptional” as if it were unusual for them to be so bright. They were exceptional, not because they could succeed at science but because of all they accomplished despite the hurdles.“Gripping…one puts down the book inspired by the women’s grit, tenacity, and brilliance.” —Science“Riveting.” —Siddhartha ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Owning the Sun

    A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines

    de Alexander Zaitchik ...
    An authoritative history of how the privatization of public science has prioritized profits over people—from patents to the COVID-19 vaccine—for readers of Bad Blood and Empire of Pain.Owning the Sun tells the story of one of the most contentious fights in human history: the legal right to produce lifesaving medicines. Medical science began as a discipline geared toward the betterment of all human ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • Genentech

    The Beginnings of Biotech

    de Sally Smith Hughes ...
    "Skillfully describes the improbable creation, difficult adolescence, immense prosperity, and eventual foundering of . . . the first biotech behemoth." —Daniel S. Greenberg, author of Tech TransferIn the fall of 1980, Genentech, Inc., a little-known California genetic engineering company, became the overnight darling of Wall Street, raising over $38 million in its initial public stock offering. ... Leer más

    $17.29 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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  • The Genome Defense

    Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA

    de Jorge L. Contreras ...
    In this riveting, behind-the-scenes courtroom drama, a brilliant legal team battles corporate greed and government overreach for our fundamental right to control our genes.When attorney Chris Hansen learned that the U.S. government was issuing patents for human genes to biotech companies, his first thought was, How can a corporation own what makes us who we are? Then he discovered that women were ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

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  • The Republican War on Science

    de Chris Mooney ...
    Science has never been more crucial to deciding the political issues facing the country. Yet science and scientists have less influence with the federal government than at any time since the Eisenhower administration. In the White House and Congress today, findings are reported in a politicized manner; spun or distorted to fit the speaker's agenda; or, when they're too inconvenient, ignored ... Leer más

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  • Avoid Boring People

    Lessons from a Life in Science

    de James D. Watson ...
    From Nobel Prize-winning scientist James D. Watson, a living legend for his work unlocking the structure of DNA, comes this candid and entertaining memoir, filled with practical advice for those starting out their academic careers.In Avoid Boring People, Watson lays down a life’s wisdom for getting ahead in a competitive world. Witty and uncompromisingly honest, he shares his thoughts on how young ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD