The Uses of Life
Subtitle: A History of Biotechnology
Contributors: Mark F. Cantley (Foreword)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 27, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780521476997
Subjects: History of science; History; Science; Science/Mathematics; Biotechnology; General; Science / Biotechnology; Science / History; Science-History; Technology-General
First sentence: In addition to the familiar four elements of the ancient world, earth, air, fire and water, the Greek philosopher Aristotle postulated a fifth from which the heavenly spheres were made.