The Age of Living Machines How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution
, by Hockfield, SusanNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780393358261 | 0393358267
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 5/5/2020
A century ago, discoveries in physics came together with engineering to produce an array of astonishing new technologies that radically reshaped the world: radios, televisions, aircraft, computers, and a host of still-evolving digital tools. Today, a new technological convergence—of biology and engineering—promises to create the tools necessary to tackle the threats we now face, including climate change, drought, famine, and diseaseWorld-renowned neuroscientist and academic leader Susan Hockfield describes the most exciting new developments and the scientists and engineers who helped to create them. Virus-built batteries. Cancer-detecting nanoparticles. Computer-engineered crops. Together, they highlight the promise of the technology revolution of the twenty-first century to overcome some of the greatest humanitarian, medical, and environmental challenges of our time.