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9780393358261

The Age of Living Machines How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution

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  • ISBN13:

    9780393358261

  • ISBN10:

    0393358267

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2020-05-05
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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A century ago, discoveries in physics came together with engineering to produce an array of astonishing new technologies that radically reshaped the world: radios, televisions, aircraft, computers, and a host of still-evolving digital tools. Today, a new technological convergence—of biology and engineering—promises to create the tools necessary to tackle the threats we now face, including climate change, drought, famine, and diseaseWorld-renowned neuroscientist and academic leader Susan Hockfield describes the most exciting new developments and the scientists and engineers who helped to create them. Virus-built batteries. Cancer-detecting nanoparticles. Computer-engineered crops. Together, they highlight the promise of the technology revolution of the twenty-first century to overcome some of the greatest humanitarian, medical, and environmental challenges of our time.

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