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Tissue Culture in Science and Society

The Public Life of a Biological Technique in Twentieth Century Britain

D Wilson author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:28th Jul '11

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This book charts the social and cultural history of the scientific technique known as 'tissue culture'. It shows how tissue culture was a regular public presence in twentieth-century Britain, and argues that history can contribute to current debates surrounding research on human and animal tissue.

"This is a widely significant and ambitious volume notwithstanding

its small size and seemingly esoteric subject matter...The book joins a small but

important literature that deals with the space shared

between laboratory scientists with their disciplinary

concerns and the wider public sphere." - Robert Budd, American Historical Review

ISBN: 9780230284272

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 432g

183 pages