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The age of living machines : how biology will build the next technology revolution / Susan Hockfield.

Title
  1. The age of living machines : how biology will build the next technology revolution / Susan Hockfield.
Published by
  1. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
Author
  1. Hockfield, Susan,

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Description
  1. xi, 229 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
  1. 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.
Subject
  1. Biology
  2. Biomedical Technology
  3. Biomedical engineering
  4. Bionics
  5. Biotechnology
  6. SCIENCE / Biotechnology
  7. Self-help devices for people with disabilities
  8. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General
  9. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-219) and index.