Programmable Planet - The Synthetic Biology Revolution

Programmable Planet is a grand tour through the world of synthetic biology, telling the stories of the colorful visionaries whose ideas are shaping discoveries. Ted Anton explores the field from its beginning in fighting malaria in Africa to the COVID vaccines and beyond.

List of contents

Introduction
Part I. Beginnings
1. A Glass of Absinthe: A Malaria Medicine
2. A Radical Philosophy
3. Pandora’s Box: The Triumph and Temptation of Gene Editing
4. The Silk Road: Directing Evolution
5. Wild: Remaking Life
Part II. Ripples in the Water
6. Rush: Biology-Made Medicines
7. New Nature: A Do-It-Yourself Environment
8. Hearth and Home
9. Fantastic Voyages: Mining and the Military
10. The Killers: Viruses as Healers
Part III. Bioindustrial Revolution
11. Race to a Vaccine
12. Global Production: Perils and Profits of a New Science
13. The Moirai’s Gift
14. To the Planets, and Beyond: Synthetic Biology in Space
15. Futurama
Acknowledgments
Timeline
Glossary
Further Reading
Notes
Index

About the author

Ted Anton is professor of English at DePaul University. He is the author of several books, including The Longevity Seekers: Science, Business, and the Fountain of Youth (2013).

Summary

Programmable Planet is a grand tour through the world of synthetic biology, telling the stories of the colorful visionaries whose ideas are shaping discoveries. Ted Anton explores the field from its beginning in fighting malaria in Africa to the COVID vaccines and beyond.

Product details

• Authors: Ted Anton, Anton Ted
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.07.2023
• EAN: 9780231205108
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20510-8
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, popular science, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Industrial & Technical, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Organic, SCIENCE / Biotechnology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical, biotechnology, Biology, life sciences, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, Biomedical engineering, Chemical biology, Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering, science; biology