{"product_id":"a-machine-to-make-a-future-biotech-chronicles-9780691126142","title":"A Machine to Make a Future: Biotech Chronicles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Machine to Make a Future\u003c\/i\u003e represents a remarkably original look at the present and possible future of biotechnology research in the wake of the mapping of the human genome. The central tenet of Celera Diagnostics--the California biotech company whose formative work during 2003 is the focus of the book--is that the emergent knowledge about the genome, with its profound implications for human health, can now be turned into a powerful diagnostic apparatus--one that will yield breakthrough diagnostic and therapeutic products (and, potentially, profit). Celera's efforts--assuming they succeed--may fundamentally reshape the fabric of how health and health care are understood, practiced, and managed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Presenting a series of interviews with all of the key players in Celera Diagnostics, Paul Rabinow and Talia Dan-Cohen open a fascinating window on the complexity of corporate scientific innovation. This marks a radical departure from other books on the biotech industry by chronicling the vicissitudes of a project during a finite time period, in the words of the actors themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ultimately, the authors conclude, Celera Diagnostics is engaged in a future characterized not by geniuses and their celebrated discoveries but by a largely anonymous and widely distributed profusion of data and results--a machine to make a future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In their new afterword, Rabinow and Dan-Cohen revisit Celera Diagnostics as its mighty machine grinds along, wondering, along with the scientists, what constitutes success and what constitutes failure? The pathos of the situation turns on how one poses the question as much as how one answers it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Rabinow, Talia Dan-Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.64w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691126142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Rabinow\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. His many books include \u003ci\u003eFrench DNA, Making PCR\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnthropos Today\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton). \u003cb\u003eTalia Dan-Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e received a B.A. in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40087138500723,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":35.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ad7f5169-669b-4be7-bf67-ec688b8265b7.jpg?v=1652538690","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/a-machine-to-make-a-future-biotech-chronicles-9780691126142","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}