The Age of Living Machines
How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution
New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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 -- Amplifying the brain -- Feeding the world -- Cheating Malthus, once again: making convergence happen faster.
ISBN:
9780393634747 (hardcover)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-219) and index.