Description
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 disease
World-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.
Author: Susan Hockfield
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/05/2020
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780393358261
ISBN10: 0393358267
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Biotechnology
- Technology & Engineering | Social Aspects
- Technology & Engineering | Biomedical