Biology Is Technology : : The Promise, Peril, and New Business of Engineering Life / / Robert H. Carlson.
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.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2011] ©2011 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 What Is Biology? -- 2 Building with Biological Parts -- 3 Learning to Fly (or Yeast, Geese, and 747s) -- 4 The Second Coming of Synthetic Biology -- 5 A Future History of Biological Engineering -- 6 The Pace of Change in Biological Technologies -- 7 The International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition -- 8 Reprogramming Cells and Building Genomes -- 9 The Promise and Peril of Biological Technologies -- 10 The Sources of Innovation and the Effects of Existing and Proposed Regulations -- 11 Laying the Foundations for a Bioeconomy -- 12 Of Straitjackets and Springboards for Innovation -- 13 Open-Source Biology, or Open Biology? -- 14 What Makes a Revolution? -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index |
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Summary: | 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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674262522 9783110442212 9783110442205 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674262522 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Robert H. Carlson. |