{"product_id":"evolution-made-to-order-plant-breeding-and-technological-innovation-in-twentieth-century-america-paperback","title":"Evolution Made to Order: Plant Breeding and Technological Innovation in Twentieth-Century America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelen Anne Curry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant breeders have long sought technologies to extend human control over nature. Early in the twentieth century, this led some to experiment with startlingly strange tools like x-ray machines, chromosome-altering chemicals, and radioactive elements. Contemporary reports celebrated these mutation-inducing methods as ways of generating variation in plants on demand. Speeding up evolution, they imagined, would allow breeders to genetically engineer crops and flowers to order. Creating a new food crop or garden flower would soon be as straightforward as innovating any other modern industrial product. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eEvolution Made to Order\u003c\/i\u003e, Helen Anne Curry traces the history of America's pursuit of tools that could intervene in evolution. An immersive journey through the scientific and social worlds of midcentury genetics and plant breeding and a compelling exploration of American cultures of innovation, \u003ci\u003eEvolution Made to Order\u003c\/i\u003e provides vital historical context for current worldwide ethical and policy debates over genetic engineering.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Anne Curry\u003c\/b\u003e is the Peter Lipton Lecturer in History of Modern Science and Technology at the University of Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 295\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 06, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52760330207539,"sku":"9780226790862","price":77.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/SndCZVBsVW5rbXBiYk0zVGdUcE1uUT09.webp?v=1764493345","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/evolution-made-to-order-plant-breeding-and-technological-innovation-in-twentieth-century-america-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}