Frankenstein's footsteps: science, genetics and popular culture (Record no. 20483)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780300088267
Qualifying information Paperback
264 ## - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 09/01/2000 00:00:00
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Yale University Press
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 2nd ed.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Frankenstein's footsteps: science, genetics and popular culture
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Mary Shelley's creation -- Hideous progeny: Frankenstein retold -- As remorseless as nature: the rise of experimental biology -- Creating life in the laboratory -- Into the brave new world -- Time-bombing our descendants -- Priming the biological time bomb -- The baby of the century -- The gene wars: regulating recombinant DNA -- Conclusion: the human body shop. Tracing the history of the development of biological science and how it has been received by the public over two centuries, this book argues that the Frankenstein story governs much of today's debate about the onrushing new age of biotechnology. Mary Shelley's Frankestein, a tale crafted two centuries ago 'to awaken thrilling horror', is a story that speaks to deep fears and desires that lie at the heart of our responses to biological progress. Tracing the history of the development of biological science and how it has been received and understood by the public over two centuries, Turney's intriguing book argues that the Frankenstein story governs much of today's debate about the onrushing new age of biotechnology.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft 1797-1851BiotechnologyGenetic engineeringScience in popular cultureScience - Social aspectsScience in literature
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