Author : Laurence A. Schneider
Release : 2005
Genre : History
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Biology and Revolution in Twentieth-Century China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Biology and Revolution in Twentieth-Century China write by Laurence A. Schneider. This book was released on 2005. Biology and Revolution in Twentieth-Century China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Using the field of genetics as a case study, this book follows the troubled development of modern natural science in China from the 1920s, through Mao's China, to the present post-socialist era. Through detailed portraits of key scientists and institutions, basic dilemmas are explored: how to control nature with science, how to gain independence from foreign-controlled science, how to get scientists out from under control of ideology and the state. Using the field of genetics as a case study, this book follows the troubled development of modern natural science in China from the 1920s, through Mao's China, to the present post-socialist era. Through detailed portraits of key scientists and institutions, basic dilemmas are explored: how to control nature with science, how to gain independence from foreign-controlled science, how to get scientists out from under control of ideology and the state.