The Uses of Life: A History of Biotechnology

List of illustrations Foreword M. F. Cantley (Head of Concentration Unit for Biotechnology in Europe (CUBE) Directorate General for Science, Research and Development Commission of the European Communities) Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The origins of zymotechnology 2. From zymotechnology to biotechnology 3. The engineering of nature 4. Institutional reality 5. The chemical engineering front 6. Biotechnology - the green technology 7. From professional to policy category 8. The wedding with genetics 9. The 1980s: between life and commerce Epilogue Notes Sources Index.