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A new biology for the 21st century / National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Committee on a New Biology for the 21st Century: Ensuring the United States Leads the Coming Biology Revolution.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on a New Biology for the 21st Century: Ensuring the United States Leads the Coming Biology Revolution.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biology--Research--Methodology.
- Biology.
- Biology--Research--United States--History.
- Interdisciplinary research--United States.
- Interdisciplinary research.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (113 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Now more than ever, biology has the potential to contribute practical solutions to many of the major challenges confronting the United States and the world. A New Biology for the 21st Century recommends that a "New Biology" approach--one that depends on greater integration within biology, and closer collaboration with physical, computational, and earth scientists, mathematicians and engineers--be used to find solutions to four key societal needs: sustainable food production, ecosystem restoration, optimized biofuel production, and improvement in human health. The approach calls for a coordinated effort to leverage resources across the federal, private, and academic sectors to help meet challenges and improve the return on life science research in general."--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Summary
- Introduction: A Vision of the Future
- 1: The New Biology's Great Potential
- 2 How the New Biology Can Address Societal Challenges
- 3 Why Now?
- 4 Putting the New Biology to Work
- 5 Recommendations
- References
- Appendix A: Statement of Task
- Appendix B: Workshop Agenda.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographic references (p. 91-94).
- ISBN:
- 9786612454820
- 9780309147866
- 0309147867
- 9781282454828
- 128245482X
- 9780309144896
- 0309144892
- OCLC:
- 923281038
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