Making PCR by Paul Rabinow

Making PCR by Paul Rabinow

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A behind-the-scenes account of the invention of the polymerase chain reaction, which transformed the practice and potential of molecular biology. This book explores the culture of biotechnology as it emerged at Cetus Corporation in the 1980s, looking at its scientific, social and economic elements.

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Making PCR by Paul Rabinow

A behind-the-scenes account of the invention of the polymerase chain reaction, which transformed the practice and potential of molecular biology. This book explores the culture of biotechnology as it emerged at Cetus Corporation in the 1980s, looking at its scientific, social and economic elements.
Paul Rabinow is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author and editor of numerous books, including Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary, also published by Duke University Press, and, most recently, Modes of Uncertainty: Anthropological Cases.
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ISBN 13 9780226701479
ISBN 10 0226701476
Title Making PCR
Author Paul Rabinow
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Year published 1997-11-10
Number of pages 198
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