The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution

di Susan Hockfield (Autore)

WW Norton & Co, 2020

A century ago, discoveries in physics came together with engineering to produce an array of astonishing new technologies: radios, telephones, televisions, aircraft, radar, nuclear power, computers, the Internet and a host of still- evolving digital tools. These technologies so radically reshaped our world that we can no longer conceive of life without them. Today we are on the cusp of a new convergence, with discoveries in biology coming together with engineering to produce another array of almost inconceivable technologies. These next-generation products have the potential to be every bit as revolutionary as the twentieth century's digital wonders: Virusbuilt batteries. Protein-based water filters. Cancer- detecting nanoparticles. Mind- reading bionic limbs. Computer-engineered crops. These few examples illustrate the promise of the technology story of the twenty-first century to overcome some of the greatest humanitarian, medical and environmental challenges of our time.

• Autore: Susan Hockfield
• Editore: WW Norton & Co
• Anno: 2020
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 256 p.
• Dimensioni: 211 x 140 mm
• Peso: 198 gr.
• EAN: 9780393358261

Testo in English