The Age of Living Machines

A century ago, discoveries in physics came together with engineering to produce an array of astonishing new technologies: radios, telephones, televisions, aircraft, radar, nuclear power, computers, the Internet and a host of still- evolving digital tools. These technologies so radically reshaped our world that we can no longer conceive of life without them.

Today we are on the cusp of a new convergence, with discoveries in biology coming together with engineering to produce another array of almost inconceivable technologies. These next-generation products have the potential to be every bit as revolutionary as the twentieth century's digital wonders: Virusbuilt batteries. Protein-based water filters. Cancer- detecting nanoparticles. Mind- reading bionic limbs. Computer-engineered crops. These few examples illustrate the promise of the technology story of the twenty-first century to overcome some of the greatest humanitarian, medical and environmental challenges of our time.

About the author

Susan Hockfield, Ph.D., president emerita and professor of neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was the first woman and first life scientist to lead MIT. She is a member of MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Hockfield, Hockfield Susan
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780393634747
• ISBN: 978-0-393-63474-7
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 242 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; SCIENCE / Biotechnology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical, biotechnology, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Biomedical engineering, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General