 | Biotech: The Countercultural Origins of an Industry Chronicling the birth of the biotechnology industry, Biotech shows how a cultural and political revolution in the 1960s resulted in a new scientific order--the practical application of biological knowledge supported by private investors expecting profitable returns eclipsed basic research supported by government agencies. Eric J. Vettel is the Bancroft Postdoctoral Fellow in United States History at the University of California, Berkeley, and Founding Executive Director of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Staunton, Virginia. |
