02531nam 22006134a 450 991045164910332120200520144314.00-8166-9596-2(CKB)1000000000346737(EBL)310654(OCoLC)476095476(SSID)ssj0000112154(PQKBManifestationID)11128812(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000112154(PQKBWorkID)10080384(PQKB)11551672(MiAaPQ)EBC310654(Au-PeEL)EBL310654(CaPaEBR)ebr10159562(CaONFJC)MIL522420(EXLCZ)99100000000034673720030730d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBiomedia[electronic resource] /Eugene ThackerMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20041 online resource (236 p.)Electronic mediations ;v. 11Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4353-9 0-8166-4352-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexAs 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.Electronic mediations ;v. 11.Molecular biologyPhilosophyBiotechnologyPhilosophyBioinformaticsPhilosophyElectronic books.Molecular biologyPhilosophy.BiotechnologyPhilosophy.BioinformaticsPhilosophy.303.48/3Thacker Eugene523150MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451649103321Biomedia2164976UNINA