The Biotech Century

Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World

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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?
Introduction
One: The Biotech Century
Two: Patenting Life
Three: A Second Genesis
Four: A Eugenic Civilization
Five: The Sociology of the Gene
Six: Computing DNA
Seven: Reinventing Nature
Eight: A Personal Note
Notes
Bibliography
Index
One of the most popular social thinkers of our time, Jeremy Rifkin is the bestselling author of The European DreamThe Hydrogen EconomyThe Age of AccessThe 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. View titles by Jeremy Rifkin

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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?

Table of Contents

Introduction
One: The Biotech Century
Two: Patenting Life
Three: A Second Genesis
Four: A Eugenic Civilization
Five: The Sociology of the Gene
Six: Computing DNA
Seven: Reinventing Nature
Eight: A Personal Note
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Author

One of the most popular social thinkers of our time, Jeremy Rifkin is the bestselling author of The European DreamThe Hydrogen EconomyThe Age of AccessThe 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. View titles by Jeremy Rifkin

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