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".

Life Without Genes

Science & Math

ADRIAN WOOLFSON

Biological Sciences

Harpercollins

<p>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".</p>

LIFE WITHOUT GENES

Flamingo

Adrian Woolfson explores the ethical minefield of genetics in the latest book in the popular Intelligent Person's Guide series, In a laboratory in America, a scientist Craig Ventor having successfully constructed a man-made virus, is now in the process of building the world's first artificial creature. His work is part of a

An Intelligent Person's Guide to Genetics

DUCKWORTH(GERALD) &amp, CO.LTD.

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Life Without Genes

LIFE WITHOUT GENES

An Intelligent Person's Guide to Genetics