- Acknowledgments
- 1. What Is Biology?
- 2. Building with Biological Parts
- 3. Learning to Fly (or Yeast, Geese, and 747s)
- 4. The Second Coming of Synthetic Biology
- 5. A Future History of Biological Engineering
- 6. The Pace of Change in Biological Technologies
- 7. The International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition (iGEM)
- 8. Reprogramming Cells and Building Genomes
- 9. The Promise and Peril of Biological Technologies
- 10. The Sources of Innovation and the Effects of Existing and Proposed Regulations
- 11. Laying the Foundations for a Bio-Economy
- 12. Of Straightjackets and Springboards for Innovation
- 13. Open Source Biology, or Open Biology?
- 14. What Makes a Revolution?
- Notes
- Index


Biology Is Technology
The Promise, Peril, and New Business of Engineering Life
Product Details
PAPERBACK
$30.00 • £24.95 • €27.00
ISBN 9780674060159
Publication Date: 04/15/2011
Awards & Accolades
- 2010 Association of American Publishers PROSE Award for Excellence, Engineering & Technology Category
- An Economist Book of the Year, 2010