Plants, Patients and the Historian: (Re)Membering in the Age of Genetic Engineering (Encounters: Cultural Histories) - Softcover

Palladino, Paolo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719061539 ISBN 13: 9780719061530

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Thanks to the decoding of the human genome, many believe that "we can all be proud of our species as it closes in on this summit of self-knowledge". Yet the very architects of its decoding have also warned that "the more we learn about the human genome, the more there is to explore". This text provides a history of genetics in Britain from its inception as a science in the early years of the 20th century, and seeks to examine the roots of these two paradoxical assessments of the decoding of the human genome. It explores the intersection of historiography, critical theory and science and technology studies, aiming to reaffirm the inescapable presence and necessity of the "absolute".

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About the Author:

Paolo Palladino is Senior Lecturer in History at Lancaster University

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0719061539
• ISBN 13: 9780719061530
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264