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Author Hockfield, Susan, author.

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

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  660.6 HOCKFIELD    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  660.6 HOC    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult New Materials  660.6 HOC    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  660.6 HOC    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  303.483 HOCKFIELD    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  660.6 HOCKFIELD    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-219) and index.
Summary 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 -- Enabling the disabled -- Feeding the world -- Cheating Malthus, once again : making convergence happen faster.
Subject Bionics.
Biomedical engineering.
Self-help devices for people with disabilities.
Biotechnology. (DNLM)D001709
Biomedical Technology. (DNLM)D020811
Biology. (DNLM)D001695
Biomedical engineering. (OCoLC)fst00832568
Bionics. (OCoLC)fst00832644
Self-help devices for people with disabilities. (OCoLC)fst01111735
ISBN 9780393634747 (hardcover)
0393634744 (hardcover)
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