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Autore: | Carlson Robert H. <1970-> |
Titolo: | Biology is technology : the promise, peril, and new business of engineering life / / Robert H. Carlson |
Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2010 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
Disciplina: | 660.6 |
Soggetto topico: | Biotechnology |
Biology - Philosophy | |
Bioethics | |
Classificazione: | WF 9710 |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-266) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | What is biology? -- Building with biological parts -- Learning to fly (or yeast, geese, and 747s) -- The second coming of synthetic biology -- A future history of biological engineering -- The pace of change in biological technologies -- The international genetically engineered machines competition -- Reprogramming cells and building genomes -- The promise and peril of biological technologies -- The sources of innovation and the effects of existing and proposed regulations -- Laying the foundations for a bioeconomy -- Of straightjackets and springboards for innovation -- Open-source biology, or open biology? -- What makes a revolution? |
Sommario/riassunto: | In Biology Is Technology, author Robert Carlson offers a uniquely informed perspective on the endeavors that contribute to current progress in the science of biological systems and the technology used to manipulate them. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Biology is technology |
ISBN: | 0-674-05362-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910827122403321 |
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