The shift from brewing to biotech has excited historians nearly as much as
investors. In Private Science, Arnold Thackray brings together most of the
important writers in the field to show how biotech is shaped by economic and
institutional interests. For specialists, but others should enjoy dipping in.
Published by the University of Pennsylvania Press, £50/$52.50, ISBN
0812234286.
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