A Portal on Biotechnology

Bibliography on the Biotech Revolution

31.01.1999 · Research Group on the Global Future

Books in English

Caplan, Arthur L.: Moral Matters: Ethical Issues in Medicine and the Life Sciences (1994)

Arthur L. Caplan is director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania and one of the most prominent thinkers on the ethical implications of genetics and biotechnology.

Cook-Deegan, Robert: The Gene Wars : Science, Politics and the Human Genome, Reprint edition, W.W. Norton & Company (January 1996)

Dawkins, Richard: The Selfish Gene (1976) / The Blind Watchmaker (1986)

Richard Dawkins is a zoologist who has written several award-winning international bestsellers on evolution and science.

Grace, Eric S.: Biotechnology Unzipped. Promises and Realities. Washington, D.C. (1997)

Huston, M.A.: Biological Diversity. The coexistence of species on changing landscapes. Cambridge (1994)

Francois Jacob, Giselle Weiss (Translator): Of Flies, Mice, and Men, Harvard Univ Press (1998)

Kevles, Daniel J.; Hood, Leroy (Editors). The Code of Codes : Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project, Harvard Univ Press (1992)

Kevles, Daniel J. In the Name of Eugenics : Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity, Harvard Univ Press (1995)

Kitcher, Philip: The Lives to Come. The Genetic Revolution and Human Possibilities. New York (1996), in German: Genetik und Ethik. Die Revolution der Humangenetik und ihre Folgen. München (1998)

Book review by the Research Group on the Global Future.

Myers, Norman: The Primary Source. Tropical Forests and Our Future. W. Norton & Company (1984) 

OECD (ed.): The Future of Food. Long-Terme Prospects for the Agro-Food Sector, Paris (1998).

National Research Council (ed.): Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid Tropics. National Academy Press (1993)

Nelkin, Dorothy / Susan M. Lindee: The DNA Mystique: The Gene as a Cultural Icon. New York (1995)

Ridley, Matt. The Future of Disease, London (1997)

Rifkin, Jeremy: The Biotech Century. New York (1998), in German: Das biotechnische Zeitalter. München (1998)

Book review by the Research Group on the Global Future.

Rudolph, Frederick B. / Larry V. McIntire (eds.): Biotechnology: Science, Engineering, and Ethical Challenges for the 21st Century. Washington, D.C. (1996)

Silver, Lee M: Remaking Eden. Cloning and Beyond in a Brave New World. New York (1997), in German: Das geklonte Paradies. München (1998)

Shannon, Thomas A.: An Introduction to Bioethics (1997)

Tilman, D. / D. Wedlin & J. Knops: Productivity and sustainability influenced by biodiversity in grassland ecosystems. Nature (1996) 379: 718-720 p.

Watson, James D. The Double Helix : A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA, New American Library, Reissue edition (1991)

Wilson, E. O.: The Diversity of Life. London (1992)

World Conservation Monitoring Centre (ed.): Global diversity. Status of the Earth's Living Resources. London, Glasgow, New York, Tokyo, Melbourne, Madras (1992)

This comprehensive compendium of conversation information provides the first systematic report on the status, distribution, management, and utilisation of the planet's biological wealth. With extensive use of tables, graphics and maps, it presents standardised and comparable data for 205 countries.

World Resources Institute (ed.): Global Biodiversity Strategy. Guidelines for Action to Save, Study, and Use Earth's Biotic Wealth Sustainably and Equitably. In consultation with FAO and UNESCO (1992).

Books in German

Bohnke, Alexander. Abschied von der Natur. Die Zukunftsbibliothek, Düsseldorf (1997)

Jahn, Ilse (Hrsg.): Geschichte der Biologie, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart (1998)

Paulsen, Thomas /Fröhlich, Manuel: Von Amerika lernen? Schlüsselbereiche der deutschen Forschungslandschaft im internationalen Vergleich. Eine Studie zur Informations- und Biotechnologie. Arbeitspapier des Centrum für angewandte Politikforschung, München 1998.

To be ordered through the CAP.

Wilson, Edward O. / Frances M. Peter (hrsg.): Ende der biologischen Vielfalt? Heidelberg, Berlin, Oxford (1992)

Winnacker, Ernst-Ludwig: Das Genom. Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Genforschung. Frankfurt (1996)

Spektrum der Wissenschaft: Biologische Vielfalt. Mit einer Einführung von Barbara König und Karl Eduard Linsenmair. Heidelberg, Berlin, Oxford (1996)