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Life without Genes
By (author) Adrian Woolfson
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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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Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers
Published date | 3 Feb 2000
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 432
Dimensions | 240 x 159 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 800g
ISBN | 978-0-0025-5618-7
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BISAC | science / life sciences / genetics & genomics
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