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Biomedia

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Biomedia
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Eugene Thacker
SeriesElectronic Mediations
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178
ISBN/Barcode 9780816643530
ClassificationsDewey:303.48
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date 21 January 2004
Publication Country United States

Description

Throughout, Thacker provides in-depth accounts of theoretical issues implicit in biotechnical artifacts-issues that arise in the fields of bioinformatics, proteomics, systems biology, and biocomputing. Research in biotechnology, Biomedia suggests, flouts our assumptions about the division between biological and technological systems. New ways of thinking about this division are needed if we are to understand the cultural, social, and philosophical dimensions of such research, and this book marks a significant advance in the coming intellectual revolution.

Author Biography

Eugene Thacker is assistant professor of new media in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His writings on the social and cultural aspects of biotechnology and biomedicine have been published and anthologized widely and translated into a dozen languages.