Capturing the imaginary: Vanguards, visions and the synthetic biology revolution

Science and Democracy: Making Knowledge and Making Power in the Biosciences and Beyond

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 33-55

  Hilgartner, Stephen ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203564370     Document Type: Chapter

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