Title:
Beyond biotechnology : the barren promise of genetic engineering / Craig Holdrege and Steve Talbott.
Author:
Holdrege, Craig, 1953-
Talbott, Steve.
Publication Information:
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2010, c2008.
Call Number:
QH442 .H63 2010
Electronic Access:
Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip085/2007048491.html
Edition:
Paperback ed.
ISBN:
9780813192567
Series:
Culture of the land
Physical Description:
ix, 262 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
pt. 1. Genetic engineering and agriculture -- Sowing technology -- Golden genes and world hunger : let them eat transgenic rice? -- Will biotech feed the world? The broader context -- We label orange juice, why not genetically modified food? -- pt. 2. Genes and context -- Genes are not immune to context : examples from bacteria -- The gene : a needed revolution -- Reflections on the Human Genome Project -- Me and my double helixes -- Logic, DNA, and poetry -- pt. 3. To be an organism -- The cow : organism or bioreactor? -- The forbidden question -- What does it mean to be a sloth? -- pt. 4. Science evolving -- The language of nature -- Delicate empiricism : practicing a Goethean approach to science.
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