Nature Remade

Luis A. Campos is the Baker College Chair of the History of Science, Technology, and Innovation at Rice University. He is the author of Radium and the Secret of Life, also published by the University of Chicago Press. Michael R. Dietrich is professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Pittsburgh. Most recently, he is coeditor of Dreamers, Visionaries and Revolutionaries in the Life Sciences, also published by the University of Chicago Press. Tiago Saraiva is associate professor of history at Drexel University. He is the author of Fascist Pigs: Technoscientific Organisms and the History of Fascism. Christian C. Young is professor of biology at Alverno College. Most recently, he is coeditor of Evolution and Creationism: A Documentary and Reference Guide.

"Many contributions to this unusual collection are from scholars in the humanities, who nevertheless bring interesting material to bear on areas of experimental biology and biotechnology. . .. Especially interesting is the contribution charting the rise and decline of Michael Crichton's 1969 novel The Andromeda Strain as a frequent reference for scientists, politicians, journalists, and the public when discussing extraterrestrial contamination and genetic engineering (by Luis Campos) . . .. The contributions considered as a whole make this a generally informative if controversial volume. Recommended."

• ContentsIntroduction: Engineering Life, Envisioning WorldsLuis A. Campos, Michael R. Dietrich, Tiago Saraiva, and Christian C. YoungPART 1: Control1 Knowing and Controlling: Engineering Ideals and Gene Drive for Invasive Species Control in Aotearoa New ZealandChristian H. Ross2 A Tale of Two RatsAnita Guerrini3 Cloning as Rooting: Cultivating Oranges and the Jewish Settlement of PalestineTiago Saraiva4 Harvesting Hogzillas: Feral Pigs and the Engineering IdealAbraham GibsonPART 2: Knowing as Making5 Design and Narrative in the History of DNA Analysis and SynthesisDominic J. Berry6 Behavioral Engineering and the Problems of Animal MisbehaviorEdmund Ramsden7 Engineering Spaces for the Biological Effects of FissionJoshua McGuffie8 A Matter of Taste: Making Artificial Silkworm Food in Twentieth-Century JapanLisa Onaga9 Cybernetics without the Cyborg: Biological Modernism(s) in Biomimetics and BiomimicryRichard FadokPART 3: Envisioning10 Strains of Andromeda: The Cosmic Potential Hazards of Genetic EngineeringLuis A. Campos11 Engineering Human Nature in the Genome Age: A Long ViewNathaniel Comfort12 Engineering Uplift: Black Eugenics as Black LiberationAyah Nuriddin13 Terraforming Planets, Geoengineering EarthJames Rodger Fleming14 Resurrecting the SublimeAlexandra Daisy GinsbergNotesList of ContributorsIndex