The development of biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and neurotechnology has once again brought one of the great questions of our time to the forefront: what it means to be human in an age in which the body and mind can be modified through technology.
Vertical Farming Future: Foods Without Fields is a comprehensive and rigorously researched exploration of one of the most consequential agricultural transformations of the twenty-first century — the emergence of controlled-environment, soil-free, artificially illuminated food production as a credible, commercially viable, and potentially civilization-altering response to the converging crises of population growth, climate disruption, soil degradation, and freshwater scarcity that are steadily overwhelming the productive capacity of conventional field agriculture.
From the earliest human journeys guided by stars and landmarks to the precision of satellite-based systems, A Short History of Navigation charts the remarkable story of how humanity learned to find its way across land and sea.
Este libro presenta de manera concisa los conceptos de la biotecnologia aplicada al sector agropecuario y minero, dos de los renglones mas importantes de Colombia, y permite comprender los alcances y perspectivas de esta ciencia, para lograr una mayor competitividad en estos sectores.
Diversidad genetica de las heliconias y su aplicacion en fitorremediacion, identificacion varietal y mercadeo tiene un hilo conductor (el estudio de la diversidad genetica y la expresion fenotipica) y un proposito unificador (aportar al mercado de las flores tropicales y estrategias de descontaminacion de metales pesados).
La autora narra los principales hitos historicos en el desarrollo de algunas de las tecnologias de la edicion genetica, donde resalta sus caracteristicas principales, integrando representaciones graficas que abarcan los conceptos de una manera clara.
With genetics and genetic engineering receiving almost daily coverage in the media, this book is an introduction for general readers who wish to know more about a science that is changing our world.
With genetics and genetic engineering receiving almost daily coverage in the media, this book is an introduction for general readers who wish to know more about a science that is changing our world.
La eugenesia, al consolidarse como un movimiento cientifico con alcances politicos, economicos, culturales y eticos, logro convertirse en politica de Estado.
Synthetic biology stands as one of the most revolutionary fields in modern science, enabling the creation of artificial living organisms in laboratories.
'A riveting page-turner about the world of technology and dealmaking' - Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'An extraordinary account .
