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050 4 _aQP517.B56
_bH55 2014eb
060 1 4 _aQT 36
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100 1 _aGinsberg, Alexandra Daisy,
_eauthor.
_924286
245 1 0 _aSynthetic aesthetics :
_binvestigating synthetic biology's designs on nature /
_cAlexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Jane Calvert, Pablo Schyfter, Alistar Elfick, and Drew Endy, with additional contributors.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bMIT Press,
_c[2014]
264 2 _a[Piscataqay, New Jersey] :
_bIEEE Xplore,
_c[2014]
300 _a1 PDF (xxii, 349 pages) :
_bcolor illustrations.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aelectronic
_2isbdmedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
506 1 _aRestricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
520 _aSynthetic biology manipulates the stuff of life. For synthetic biologists, living matter is programmable material. In search of carbon-neutral fuels, sustainable manufacturing techniques, and innovative drugs, these researchers aim to redesign existing organisms and even construct completely novel biological entities. Some synthetic biologists see themselves as designers, inventing new products and applications. But if biology is viewed as a malleable, engineerable, designable medium, what is the role of design and how will its values apply?In this book, synthetic biologists, artists, designers, and social scientists investigate synthetic biology and design. After chapters that introduce the science and set the terms of the discussion, the book follows six boundary-crossing collaborations between artists and designers and synthetic biologists from around the world, helping us understand what it might mean to 'design nature.' These collaborations have resulted in biological computers that calculate form; speculative packaging that builds its own contents; algae that feeds on circuit boards; and a sampling of human cheeses. They raise intriguing questions about the scientific process, the delegation of creativity, our relationship to designed matter, and, the importance of critical engagement. Should these projects be considered art, design, synthetic biology, or something else altogether?Synthetic biology is driven by its potential; some of these projects are fictions, beyond the current capabilities of the technology. Yet even as fictions, they help illuminate, question, and even shape the future of the field.
530 _aAlso available in print.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web
588 _aDescription based on PDF viewed 12/23/2015.
650 0 _aArt and biology.
_924287
650 0 _aSynthetic biology.
_924288
650 1 2 _aSynthetic Biology
_xtrends.
_924289
650 2 2 _aArt.
_924290
650 2 2 _aBiotechnology
_xtrends.
_918293
650 2 2 _aEsthetics.
_924291
655 0 _aElectronic books.
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700 1 _aEndy, Andrew D,
_eauthor.
_924292
700 1 _aSchyfter, Pablo,
_eauthor.
_924293
700 1 _aElfick, Alistair,
_eauthor.
_924294
700 1 _aCalvert, Jane,
_eauthor.
_924295
710 2 _aIEEE Xplore (Online Service),
_edistributor.
_924296
710 2 _aMIT Press,
_epublisher.
_924297
776 0 8 _iPrint version
_z9780262019996
856 4 2 _3Abstract with links to resource
_uhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=6757882
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