Biology Is Technology - The Promise, Peril, and New Business of Engineering Life

Informationen zum Autor Robert H. Carlson Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Acknowledgments * 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 (iGEM) * 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 Bio-Economy * Of Straightjackets and Springboards for Innovation * Open Source Biology! or Open Biology? * What Makes a Revolution? * Notes * Index

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• Authors: Robert H Carlson, Robert H. Carlson, Robert H. 10001009639 Carlson, RobertH Carlson, Carlson Robert H.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2011
• EAN: 9780674060159
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06015-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Biotechnology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Commerce, Business & management, biotechnology, Biology, life sciences, Microeconomics