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The biologist's imagination : innovation in the biosciences /

"Scholars and policymakers alike agree that innovation in the biosciences is key to future growth. The field continues to shift and expand, and it is certainly changing the way people live their lives in a variety of ways. But despite the lion's share of federal research dollars being devo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Hoffman, William R. (Autor), Furcht, Leo (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; The Biologist's Imagination; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; The Biologist's Imagination; 1 } Ideas, Progress, Wealth, and the Biological Revolution; 2 } Drugs, Biomolecules, Brainpower, and the Shifting Currents of Innovation; 3 } Regional Bioinnovation: Reaping the Harvest of the Local and the Global; 4 } Mendel's Journey from Peas to Petabytes; 5 } Toning Up Universities for Regional Growth; 6 } Splicing and Dicing: Property, Information, and the DNA of Innovation; 7 } Looking Ahead as an Industry Evolves; Conclusion: Seeding the Future; Selected Bibliography; Index.