The Age of Living Machines
How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution
$44.95
- Hardcover
248 pages
- Release Date
7 June 2019
Summary
A century ago, discoveries in physics came together with engineering to produce an array of astonishing new technologies: radios, telephones, televisions, aircraft, radar, nuclear power, computers, the Internet, and a host of still-evolving digital tools. These technologies so radically reshaped our world that we can no longer conceive of life without them.
Today, the world’s population is projected to rise to well over 9.5 billion by 2050, and we are currently faced with the conseque…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780393634747 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0393634744 |
| Author: | Susan Hockfield |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 7 June 2019 |
| Weight: | 452g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 163mm x 244mm |
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Critics Review
”… entertaining and prescient…” – Science
“Your amazing guide to the future of biology is the former president of the Aladdin’s cave that is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.” – Summer Reading 2019 - New Scientist
Susan Hockfield
Susan Hockfield, Ph.D., president emerita and professor of neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was the first woman and first life scientist to lead MIT. She is a member of MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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