The Evolution of Biotechnology : From Natufians to Nanotechnology / by Martina Newell-McGloughlin, Edward Re
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: SpringerLink BücherPublisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006Description: Online-Ressource (XIII, 262 p, online resource)ISBN:- 9781402051494
- 660.6
- 660
- TP248.13-248.65
- TP 248.2
- 2007 C-636
- TP 248.2
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Summary: This book traces the evolution of biotechnology from prehistoric organismal manipulation by our first settled ancestors through to speculation about future directions for the technology as it increasingly intersects with other high technologies such as IT and Nanotech. The trajectory is demonstrated by various events throughout history that have intersected or built on one another to lead to the forward progression of a technology.Summary: Traces the evolution of biotechnology in the broadest sense from prehistoric organismal manipulation by our first settled ancestors through to speculation about future directions for the technology as it increasingly intersects with other high technologies such as IT and NanotechPPN: PPN: 1647116082Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-SCM | ZDB-2-CMS | ZDB-2-SBL
Front Matter; Early History: Cultivation and Civilization; Early Technology: Evolution of the tools; The dawning of the age of Biotechnology 1970-1990; The flowering of the age of Biotechnology 1990-2000; To Infinity and Beyond 2000-8; Back Matter
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