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Author Delfanti, Alessandro, author.

Title Biohackers : the politics of open science / Alessandro Delfanti
Published London : Pluto Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (x, 158 pages)
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Cracking codes, remixing cultures -- 2. Forbidden, public, enclosed, open science -- 3. Hackers, rebels and profiteers -- 4. Sailing and sequencing the genome seas -- 5. Just another rebel scientist -- 6. We are the biohackers -- 7. Conclusion : How to hack biology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary 'Biohackers' explores fundamental changes occurring in the circulation and ownership of scientific information. Alessandro Delfanti argues that the combination of the ethos of 20th century science, the hacker movement and the free software movement is producing an open science culture which redefines the relationship between researchers, scientific institutions and commercial companies. 'Biohackers' looks at the emergence of the citizen biology community 'DIYbio', the shift to open access by the American biologist Craig Venter and the rebellion of the Italian virologist Ilaria Capua against WHO data-sharing policies. Delfanti argues that these biologists and many others are involved in a transformation of both life sciences and information systems, using open access tools and claiming independence from both academic and corporate institutions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 14, 2014)
In Academic Library
Subject Hackers.
Computer networks -- Security measures.
Computer security
Bioethics.
Bioethical Issues
Biological Science Disciplines -- ethics
Biomedical Research -- ethics
Computer Security
Information Dissemination -- ethics
TRUE CRIME -- White Collar Crime.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
Bioethics
Hackers
Computer networks -- Security measures
Computer security
Bioethik
Computersicherheit
Hacker.
Informationsethik
Form Electronic book
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