Biology Is Technology: The Promise, Peril, and New Business of

Biology Is Technology: The Promise, Peril, and New Business of Engineering Life

Technology is a process and a body of knowledge as much as a collection of artifacts. Biology is no different--and we are just beginning to comprehend the challenges inherent in the next stage of biology as a human technology. It is this critical moment, with its wide-ranging implications, that Robert Carlson considers in Biology Is Technology. He offers a uniquely informed perspective on the endeavors that contribute to current progress in this area--the science of biological systems and the technology used to manipulate them.
In a number of case studies, Carlson demonstrates that the development of new mathematical, computational, and laboratory tools will facilitate the engineering of biological artifacts--up to and including organisms and ecosystems. Exploring how this will happen, with reference to past technological advances, he explains how objects are constructed virtually, tested using sophisticated mathematical models, and finally constructed in the real world.
Such rapid increases in the power, availability, and application of biotechnology raise obvious questions about who gets to use it, and to what end. Carlson's thoughtful analysis offers rare insight into our choices about how to develop biological technologies and how these choices will determine the pace and effectiveness of innovation as a public good.
(20100301)

Biology is TechnologyÂ received the PROSE Award for Best Engineering and Technology Book of 2010 from theÂ Association ofÂ American Publishers.

Country	USA
Author	Robert H. Carlson
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9780674060159
ISBN	0674060156
Label	Harvard University Press
Manufacturer	Harvard University Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	288
PublicationDate	2011-04-15
Publisher	Harvard University Press
ReleaseDate	2011-03-07
SKU	9780674060159
Studio	Harvard University Press

Biology Is Technology: The Promise, Peril, and New Business of Engineering Life

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