Biopunk
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781617230028 (1617230022)
ASIN: 1617230022
Publish date: 2011-05-26
Publisher: Current
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
I first heard about this book on Wisconsin Public Radio's "To the Best of our Knowledge". The idea of an underground movement of geeks and brains working on gene splicing in their kitchens and garages intrigued me and the subject matter dovetailed nicely with my in-progress science fiction novel. In...
I received this book from Goodreads First Reads for free.I think it's absolutely hilarious that I won this book, because it's about people deciding to do bio-hacking in their own space and time, rejecting the idea that good science has to come from institutionalized academia or biotech companies; I'...
Kind of interesting, Wohlsen goes a talk to a few people out there who like to do genetic engineering at home, the the garage, and on the cheap. It was a revelation to me that it was possible to set up a discount bio-lab, but apparently there are people who have done it and are doing it.Of course, O...
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