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Bringing together the latest insights from genetics and cyberculture, this book contends that all life can be conceived of as information. It explores future developments in genetics, both as a consequence of Darwinian natural selection and under the influence of genetic engineering. The ideas are illustrated by writing that draws on a range of surreal examples including hypermarkets containing every toy in the universe, pufferfish that think like flies, Peter Pan-like trips through human genes and creatures that evolve in months and not millennia. It argues that the future will be dominated by biological machines evolved artificially by a process of accelerated evolution which is called "evolution compression".
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Life Without Genes, Adrian Woolfson
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- Released
- 2000
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- Title
- Life Without Genes
- Subtitle
- The History and Future of Genomes
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Adrian Woolfson
- Publisher
- FLAMINGO
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN10
- 0006548741
- ISBN13
- 9780006548744
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Science, Genetics
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- Bringing together the latest insights from genetics and cyberculture, this book contends that all life can be conceived of as information. It explores future developments in genetics, both as a consequence of Darwinian natural selection and under the influence of genetic engineering. The ideas are illustrated by writing that draws on a range of surreal examples including hypermarkets containing every toy in the universe, pufferfish that think like flies, Peter Pan-like trips through human genes and creatures that evolve in months and not millennia. It argues that the future will be dominated by biological machines evolved artificially by a process of accelerated evolution which is called "evolution compression".