The Uses of Life: A History of Biotechnology

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Cambridge University Press, 1994 M05 27 - 299 pages
This first history of biotechnology provides a readable and challenging account that will be of interest to anyone interested in this key component of modern industry.

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Contents

The origins of zymotechnology
6
From zymotechnology to biotechnology
27
The engineering of nature
51
Institutional reality
80
The chemical engineering front
100
Biotechnology the green technology
122
From professional to policy category
141
The wedding with genetics
163
between life and commerce
189
Epilogue
219
Sources
263
Index
291
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