Biology is technology
Subtitle: the promise, peril, and new business of engineering life
By: Robert H. Carlson.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780674035447
Subjects: Biotechnology; Biology -- Philosophy; Bioethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is biology?; title: Building with biological parts; title: Learning to fly (or yeast, geese, and 747s); title: The second coming of synthetic biology; title: A future history of biological engineering; title: The pace of change in biological technologies; title: The international genetically engineered machines competition (iGEM); title: Reprogramming cells and building genomes; title: The promise and peril of biological technologies; title: The sources of innovation and the effects of existing and proposed regulations; title: Laying the foundations for a bio-economy; title: Of straightjackets and springboards for innovation; title: Open source biology, or open biology?; title: What makes a revolution?