The Synthetic Age: Outdesigning Evolution, Resurrecting Species, and Reengineering Our World

by Christopher J. Preston

Book Overview

Imagining a future in which humans fundamentally reshape the natural world using nanotechnology, synthetic biology, de-extinction, and climate engineering.

We have all heard that there are no longer any places left on Earth untouched by humans. The significance of this goes beyond statistics documenting melting glaciers and shrinking species counts. It signals a new geological epoch. In The Synthetic Age, Christopher Preston argues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262037610
• ISBN13: 9780262037617
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher