ISBN:
9789057005213
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (282 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Merged Evolution : Long-term Complications of Biotechnology and Informatin Technology
DDC:
303.48/33
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Merged Evolution charts the implications of two major forces of change, information technology and biotechnology, combined with a third force, that of 'artifactual' information, which is handed down dichronically from computing device to computing device.Through developments anticipated in the near future, Dr. Goonatilake describes the merging of these three systems, a convergence which will profoundly affect the biological, social, and technical fields much more than previous studies have implied. Together these changes yield an entirely different history - and a different future of the world
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Introduction to the Series; Preface; Introduction; I THREE LINEAGES AND TWO TECHNOLOGIES; 1 Biological Evolution: The Genetic Lineage; 2 The Cultural Stream of Science; 3 The Computer Information Flowline; 4 The Exosomatic Lineage Develops Its Autonomy; 5 Biotechnology; II THE THREE LINEAGES MERGE; 6 The Merging of Culture and Artificial Information; 7 The Merging of Culture and Genes; 8 The Merging of Biology and Computing; III CONSEQUENCES; 9 The Macro Properties of Merged Evolution
Description / Table of Contents:
10 An Extended Sociology: The Structure of New ""Communities""Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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