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Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNABiology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA by Richard C. Lewontin
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required reading
Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be HumanRadical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human by Joel Garreau
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great intro to the topic, explores both dangers and potential benefits
Nanotechnology and Homeland Security: New Weapons for New WarsNanotechnology and Homeland Security: New Weapons for New Wars by Daniel Ratner
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why nanotech isn't all peace and love
Human Genetic Engineering: A Guide for Activists, Skeptics, and the Very PerplexedHuman Genetic Engineering: A Guide for Activists, Skeptics, and the Very Perplexed by Pete Shanks
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written accessibly
Rights and Liberties in the Biotech Age: Why We Need a Genetic Bill of RightsRights and Liberties in the Biotech Age: Why We Need a Genetic Bill of Rights
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Modest Witness@Second Millenium. FemaleMan Meets OncoMouse: Feminism and TechnoscienceModest Witness@Second Millenium. FemaleMan Meets OncoMouse: Feminism and Technoscience by Donna J Haraway
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Haraway teaches at UC Santa Cruz, expect pretty dense philosophical language
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend BiologyThe Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil
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Kurzweill just can't wait to become a robot
Owning the Genome: A Moral Analysis of DNA PatentingOwning the Genome: A Moral Analysis of DNA Patenting by David B. Resnik
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Plants, Patients, and the Historian: (Re)membering in the Age of Genetic Engineering (Encounters Cultural History)Plants, Patients, and the Historian: (Re)membering in the Age of Genetic Engineering (Encounters Cultural History) by Paolo Palladino
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interesting stuff
Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of NanotechnologyEngines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology by Eric Drexler
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Drexler is the head of the Foresight Institute
Understanding NanotechnologyUnderstanding Nanotechnology by Scientific American
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The Code of Codes: Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome ProjectThe Code of Codes: Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project
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The Geneticist Who Played Hoops with My DNA: . . . And Other Masterminds from the Frontiers of BiotechThe Geneticist Who Played Hoops with My DNA: . . . And Other Masterminds from the Frontiers of Biotech by David Ewing Duncan
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Biodefense: Principles and PathogensBiodefense: Principles and Pathogens by M. S. Bronze
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Basics of Bioethics, The (2nd Edition)Basics of Bioethics, The (2nd Edition) by Robert M. Veatch
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Improving Nature?: The Science and Ethics of Genetic EngineeringImproving Nature?: The Science and Ethics of Genetic Engineering by Michael Jonathan Reiss
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Code Names: Deciphering U.S. Military Plans, Programs and Operations in the 9/11 WorldCode Names: Deciphering U.S. Military Plans, Programs and Operations in the 9/11 World by William M. Arkin
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Who Runs What in the Global Information Grid: Ways to Share Local and Global ResponsibilityWho Runs What in the Global Information Grid: Ways to Share Local and Global Responsibility by Martin Libicki
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GIG is related to biotech in because it will be used manage battlefield biological information systems
Dinner at the New Gene Cafe: How Genetic Engineering Is Changing What We Eat, How We Live, and the Global Politics of FoodDinner at the New Gene Cafe: How Genetic Engineering Is Changing What We Eat, How We Live, and the Global Politics of Food by Bill Lambrecht
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Military Biology and Biological Warfare AgentsMilitary Biology and Biological Warfare Agents by U S. Department of the Army
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The Biology of Doom: America's Secret Germ Warfare ProjectThe Biology of Doom: America's Secret Germ Warfare Project by Ed Regis
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Bioinformatics for DummiesBioinformatics for Dummies by Jean-Michel Claverie
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it's important to understand biotech in the context of other technological assembleges, such as computerized information sorting
The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And MiraclesThe Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles by Bruce H. Lipton
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Lipton has interesting critique scientific establishment's ideology
Quantum Evolution: How Physics' Weirdest Theory Explains Life's Biggest Mystery (Norton Paperback)Quantum Evolution: How Physics' Weirdest Theory Explains Life's Biggest Mystery (Norton Paperback) by Johnjoe McFadden
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could this be the nerdiest book ever?
War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master RaceWar Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race by Edwin Black
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Excellent historical background info, w/ chapter on contemporary genetics issues, we should get Edwin Black to speak at bioethics