Author : Adrian Woolfson
Release : 2000
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Life Without Genes by : Adrian Woolfson
Download or read book Life Without Genes written by Adrian Woolfson. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.