On the Future of Species
authoring life by means of artificial biological intelligence
$40.50
- Hardcover
464 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2026
Summary
The Genome Writers: Envisioning a Future Shaped by Synthetic Biology
Imagine a future where we grow houses rather than build them. Where smartphones are living, clothing has opinions, and all human knowledge fits into a speck of DNA. A world where disease is a thing of the past, and the human lifespan is dramatically extended.
To achieve this, says Adrian Woolfson – founder of the genome writing company Genyro – we must transform biology into a predictive, p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781526670977 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1526670976 |
| Author: | Adrian Woolfson |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
About The Author
Adrian Woolfson
Adrian Woolfson is the co-founder of Genyro, a California-based biotechnology company specialising in synthetic genome design and construction. Born in London, he studied medicine at Balliol College, Oxford, and was formerly the Charles and Katherine Darwin Research Fellow at Darwin College, Cambridge, working at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Life Without Genes: The History and Future of Genomes and An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Genetics. He has authored over 160 scientific papers, book chapters, reviews, and patents, and is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal and Science magazine. He currently lives in San Francisco.
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