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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451649103321

Autore

Thacker Eugene

Titolo

Biomedia [[electronic resource] /] / Eugene Thacker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2004

ISBN

0-8166-9596-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Electronic mediations ; ; v. 11

Disciplina

303.48/3

Soggetti

Molecular biology - Philosophy

Biotechnology - Philosophy

Bioinformatics - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; ONE: What Is Biomedia?; TWO: Bioinformatics: BLAST, BioPerl, and the Language of the Body; THREE: Wet Data: Biochips and BioMEMS; FOUR: Biocomputing: Is the Genome a Computer?; FIVE: Nanomedicine: Molecules That Matter; SIX: Systems Biology: Parallel CorpoRealities; Conclusion: The Bioethics of Metadesign; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As biotechnology defines the new millennium, genetic codes and computer codes increasingly merge-life understood as data, flesh rendered programmable. Where this trend will take us, and what it might mean, is what concerns Eugene Thacker in this timely book, a penetrating look into the intersection of molecular biology and computer science in our day and its likely ramifications for the future.