Synthetic biology [electronic resource] : a sociology of changing practices / Andrew S. Balmer, University of Manchester, UK, Katie Bulpin, University of Sheffield, UK, Susan Molyneux-Hodgson, University of Sheffield, UK.
2016
TA164 .B35 2016eb
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Synthetic biology [electronic resource] : a sociology of changing practices / Andrew S. Balmer, University of Manchester, UK, Katie Bulpin, University of Sheffield, UK, Susan Molyneux-Hodgson, University of Sheffield, UK.
ISBN
9781137495426 (electronic book)
1137495421 (electronic book)
9781137495419
1137495413
1137495421 (electronic book)
9781137495419
1137495413
Published
Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (vii, 207 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1057/9781137495426 doi
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TA164 .B35 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
660.6
Summary
This book explores the emergence of a new scientific field, synthetic biology, and the many bold promises its proponents have made to change the future of science, industry and humanity. It explores how people tried to change their practices to bring engineering and biology together and to realise such promises from within their everyday lives.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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