The Biotech Century - Couverture souple

Rifkin, Jeremy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 075380848X ISBN 13 : 9780753808481

Editeur : Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 1999

Synopsis

Arguing that we are on the verge of a revolution of unparalleled impact, the author makes an impassioned plea for awareness of the environmental, commercial and moral implications of biotechnology. Developments in genetic engineering will have a profound effect on our lives, but at what cost?

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In this seminal book, Jeremy Rifkin explores the epic marriage between computer technology and genetic engineering, and the historic transition into the Age of Biotechnology. Already, Rifkin explains, our economy is undergoing a massive shift away from the Industrial Age and into an era in which giant life-science corporations are fashioning a bioindustrial world.Humanity is on the brink of wielding greater control over the shape of life--how we are born; how our food supply is created; the traits our children may have--than has ever been imagined. But with each step into this new era, we must ask ourselves: At what cost?

Biographie de l'auteur

One of the most popular social thinkers of our time, Jeremy Rifkin is the bestselling author of The European Dream, The Hydrogen Economy, The Age of Access, The Biotech Century, and The End of Work. A fellow at the Wharton School's Executive Education Program, he is president of The Foundation on Economic Trends in Bethesda, MD.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 075380848X
• ISBN 13: 9780753808481
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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