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Rifkin, Jeremy

 
9780874779097: The Biotech Century: Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 087477909X ISBN 13 : 9780874779097
Editeur : Tarcherperigree, 1998

Synopsis

Book by Rifkin Jeremy

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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.

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Éditeur
Tarcherperigree
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
087477909X
ISBN 13 
9780874779097
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
271
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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