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Inside Technology eBook Series

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  • Reordering Life

    Knowledge and Control in the Genomics Revolution

    by Stephen Hilgartner ...
    Series series Inside Technology
    How the regimes governing biological research changed during the genomics revolution, focusing on the Human Genome Project.The rise of genomics engendered intense struggle over the control of knowledge. In Reordering Life, Stephen Hilgartner examines the “genomics revolution” and develops a novel approach to studying the dynamics of change in knowledge and control. Hilgartner focuses on the Human ... Read more

    RM 100.19

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  • The Patient Will See You Now

    The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands

    by Eric Topol ...
    **The essential guide to how digital technology enables all of us to take charge of our health“Dr. Topol’s vision is compelling, combining an empowering view of technology with the recognition that medicine requires something more.”―Wall Street Journal**A trip to the doctor is almost a guarantee of misery: you make an appointment months in advance, wait for several hours when you arrive, talk to a ... Read more

    RM 49.79

  • Here Is a Human Being

    At the Dawn of Personal Genomics

    by Misha Angrist ...
    Here is a Human Being delivers the first in-depth look at the Personal Genome Project—the effort to construct complete genomic maps of a specific human beings—written by one of the study’s ten human participants. Misha Angrist recounts the project’s fascinating nuances, including the larger-than-life personalities of the research subjects, the entrepreneurial scientists at the helm, the bewildered ... Read more

    RM 44.89

  • As the Future Catches You

    How Genomics and Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health, and Wealth

    by Juan Enriquez ...
    You will never look at the world in the same way after reading As the Future Catches You. Juan Enriquez puts you face to face with a series of unprecedented political, ethical, economic, and financial issues, dramatically demonstrating the cascading impact of the genetic, digital, and knowledge revolutions on your life.Genetics will be the dominant language of this century. Those who can “speak it ... Read more

    RM 22.09

  • Beyond Genetics

    The User's Guide to DNA

    by Glenn McGee ...
    Genetic science is about to radically alter our lives. Sooner than you can imagine, human beings will be capable of diagnosing their own illnesses, designating the sex of their children, even designing the food they eat -- all as easily as using a cell phone. Now is the time for every one of us to take control of our DNA, and one man is uniquely qualified to show us how: Glenn McGee, bioethicist ... Read more

    RM 33.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Deadly Monopolies

    The Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life Itself--And the Consequences for Your Health and Our Medical Future.

    by Harriet A. Washington ...
    From the award-winning author of Medical Apartheid, an exposé of the rush to own and exploit the raw materials of life—including yours.Think your body is your own to control and dispose of as you wish? Think again. The United States Patent Office has granted at least 40,000 patents on genes controlling the most basic processes of human life, and more are pending. If you undergo surgery in many ... Read more

    RM 36.29

  • Understanding the Genome

    by Editors of Scientific American ...
    Drawn from the pages of Scientific American and collected here for the first time, this work contains updated and condensed information, made accessible to a general popular science audience, on the subject of understanding the genome. ... Read more

    RM 31.69

  • Everyday Practice of Science

    Where Intuition and Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic

    by Frederick Grinnell ...
    Scientific facts can be so complicated that only specialists in a field fully appreciate the details, but the nature of everyday practice that gives rise to these facts should be understandable by everyone interested in science. This book describes how scientists bring their own interests and passions to their work, illustrates the dynamics between researchers and the research community, and ... Read more

    RM 122.89

  • Drawing the Map of Life

    Inside the Human Genome Project

    by Viktor K. McElheny ...
    Series series A Merloyd Lawrence Book
    Drawing the Map of Life is the dramatic story of the Human Genome Project from its origins, through the race to order the 3 billion subunits of DNA, to the surprises emerging as scientists seek to exploit the molecule of heredity. It's the first account to deal in depth with the intellectual roots of the project, the motivations that drove it, and the hype that often masked genuine triumphs ... Read more

    RM 43.19

  • Bioethics for Beginners

    60 Cases and Cautions from the Moral Frontier of Healthcare

    by Glenn McGee ...
    How far is too far? 60 cases illustrating modern bioethical dilemmasBioethics for Beginners maps the giant dilemmas posed by new technologies and medical choices, using 60 cases taken from our headlines, and from the worlds of medicine and science. This eminently readable book takes it one case at a time, shedding light on the social, economic and legal side of 21st century medicine while giving ... Read more

    RM 95.39

  • The Art and Politics of Science

    by Harold Varmus ...
    A Nobel Prize–winning cancer biologist, leader of major scientific institutions, and scientific adviser to President Obama reflects on his remarkable career.A PhD candidate in English literature at Harvard University, Harold Varmus discovered he was drawn instead to medicine and eventually found himself at the forefront of cancer research at the University of California, San Francisco. In this ... Read more

    RM 53.39

  • Bioethics

    An Introduction

    by Marianne Talbot ...
    Providing readers with the confidence needed to debate key issues in bioethics, this introductory text clearly explains bioethical theories and their philosophical foundations. Over 250 activities introduce topics for personal reflection, and discussion points encourage students to think for themselves and build their own arguments. Highlighting the potential pitfalls for those new to bioethics, ... Read more

    RM 214.49