Carlson Biology Is Technology

The Promise, Peril, and New Business of Engineering Life
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-674-05362-5
Verlag: Harvard University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 290 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carlson, Robert H.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Einzel- und Großhandel
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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