Life at the Speed of Light
From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life
by J. Craig Venter
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Pub Date Sep 30 2014 | Archive Date Oct 30 2014
PENGUIN GROUP Penguin | Penguin Books
Description
On May 20, 2010, headlines around the world announced one of the most extraordinary accomplishments in modern science: the creation of the world’s first synthetic lifeform. In Life at the Speed of Light, scientist J. Craig Venter, best known for sequencing the human genome, shares the dramatic account of how he led a team of researchers in this pioneering effort in synthetic genomics—and how that work will have a profound impact on our existence in the years to come. This is a fascinating and authoritative study that provides readers an opportunity to ponder afresh the age-old question “What is life?” at the dawn of a new era of biological engineering.
Advance Praise
“Life at the Speed of Light provides an important look behind the hyperbolic headlines that often accompany synthetic biology, a guide to the future of life from one of the scientists helping to create it.”
—Washington Post
“Life at the Speed of Light is…worth reading by anyone interested in answering the question Schrödinger posed 70 years ago: what is life?” —The Financial Times
“[A] remarkable book…”—Scientific American
“Some of what Venter describes has scary, sci-fi potential, and he has certainly been known to test limits, but this book demonstrates he’s also capable of thoughtful contemplation.” —Smithsonian Magazine
“Craig Venter is a singular individual…at once inheritor of molecular biology’s prior triumphs and the wellspring of its future…he compellingly depicts his diverse research as a concerted effort to shuttle biology between the material and the digital worlds…a gripping tale and welcome antidote to dry materials and methods sections that make such sagas feel disembodied and inevitable.” —Science
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| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780143125907 |
| PRICE | $17.00 (USD) |
