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The age of living machines : how biology will build the next technology revolution / Susan Hockfield.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hockfield, Susan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bionics.
- Biomedical engineering.
- Self-help devices for people with disabilities.
- Biotechnology.
- Biomedical Technology.
- Biology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Biotechnology.
- Biomedical Technology.
- Biology.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
- Summary:
- Outlines the next technology revolution and how it will change human life, drawing on the latest discoveries in biology and engineering to profile such innovations as computer-engineered crops, protein-based water filters, and cancer-detecting nanoparticles.
- Contents:
- Where the future comes from
- Can biology build a better battery?
- Water, water everywhere
- Cancer fighting nanoparticles
- Enabling the disabled
- Feeding the world
- Cheating Malthus, once again : making convergence happen faster.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-219) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393634747
- 0393634744
- OCLC:
- 1066068403
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