A machine to make a future : biotech chronicles / Paul Rabinow and Talia Dan-Cohen.

Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2005], ©2005.

199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-193).

A machine to make a future -- Ending and beginning -- The state of things at Celera Diagnostics, explained to investors and to anthropologists -- The machinery and its stewards -- Ethical and social consultancy -- Confidence and trust -- Models Orient, technologies perform, samples speak (or vice versa) -- Summer 2003.