{"product_id":"the-genesis-machine-amy-webb-9781541797918","title":"The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNamed one of The New Yorker's BEST BOOKS OF 2022 SO FAR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe next frontier in technology is inside our own bodies.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Synthetic biology will revolutionize how we define family, how we identify disease and treat aging, where we make our homes, and how we nourish ourselves. This fast-growing field--which uses computers to modify or rewrite genetic code--has created revolutionary, groundbreaking solutions such as the mRNA COVID vaccines, IVF, and lab-grown hamburger that tastes like the real thing. It gives us options to deal with existential threats: climate change, food insecurity, and access to fuel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But there are significant risks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Who should decide how to engineer living organisms? Whether engineered organisms should be planted, farmed, and released into the wild? Should there be limits to human enhancements? What cyber-biological risks are looming? Could a future biological war, using engineered organisms, cause a mass extinction event? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Amy Webb and Andrew Hessel's riveting examination of synthetic biology and the bioeconomy provide the background for thinking through the upcoming risks and moral dilemmas posed by redesigning life, as well as the vast opportunities waiting for us on the horizon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Webb, Andrew Hessel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541797914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541797918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2021 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2021","brand":"Amy Webb","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055263936767,"sku":"9781541797918","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_692fec91-017e-4fdb-aa28-eaf7bebfbb8f.jpg?v=1685034664","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-genesis-machine-amy-webb-9781541797918","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}