Ebook: Beyond Biotechnology: the Barren Promise of Genetic Engineering

The Human Genome Project announced in 2003 that it had successfully mapped the human DNA. Scientists, politicians, theologians, and pundits speculated what would follow. Beyond Biotechnology: The Barren Promise of Genetic Engineering distinguishes between hype and reality, examining the delicate relationship between science and nature. Authors Craig Holdrege and Steve Talbott evaluate the current state of genetic science and examine its potential applications, as well as possible dangers. The authors illustrate how the popular view of genetics does not include an understanding of how genes wor.;Front cover; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 Sowing Technology; 2 Golden Genes and World Hunger; 3 Will Biotech Feed the World?; 4 We Label Orange Juice, Why Not Genetically Modified Food?; 5 Genes Are Not Immune to Context; 6 The Gene; 7 Reflections on the Human Genome Project; 8 Me and My Double Helixes; 9 Logic, Dna, and Poetry; 10 The Cow; 11 The Forbidden Question; 12 What Does It Mean to Be a Sloth?; 13 The Language of Nature; 14 Delicate Empiricism; Acknowledgments; References; Index.