Dorothy Wolfers Nelkin ((1933-07-30)July 30, 1933 – (2003-05-28)May 28, 2003) was an American sociologist of science most noted for her work researching and chronicling interplay between science, technology and the general public. Her work often highlighted the ramifications of unchecked scientific advances and potential threats to privacy and civil liberties. She was the author or co-author of 26 books, including Selling Science: How the Press Covers Science and Technology, The Molecular Gaze: Art in the Genetic Age, and Body Bazaar: The Market for Human Tissue in the Biotechnology Age. (From Wikipedia)
More about Dorothy Nelkin: Associated author:Books by Dorothy Nelkin:
![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif)
Nelkin, Dorothy: The DNA Mystique: The Gene as a Cultural Icon (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2004), also by M. Susan Lindee (page images at HathiTrust)
Additional books by Dorothy Nelkin in the extended shelves:
![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif)
Nelkin, Dorothy: Migrant labor as a form of intermittent social organization and as a channel of geographical mobility (New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1967), also by William H. Friedland, Evaluation United States. Office of Manpower Policy, and New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
Find more by Dorothy Nelkin at your library, or elsewhere.