Written for general readers, teachers, journalists, and policymakers, this volume explores four controversial topics in science and technology, with commentaries from experts in such fields as sociology, religion, law, ethics, and politics:* Antibiotics and Resistance: the science, the policy debate
Controversies in science and technology
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- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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