Description: Biomedia, Paperback by Thacker, Eugene, ISBN 0816643539, ISBN-13 9780816643530, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US As biotechnology defines the new millennium, genetic codes and computer codes increasingly merge-life understood as data, flesh rendered programmable. Where this trend will take us, and what it might mean, is what concerns Eugene Thacker in this timely book, a penetrating look into the intersection of molecular biology and computer science in our day and its likely ramifications for the approaches from science and media studies, Biomedia is a critical analysis of research fields that explore relationships between biologies and technologies, between genetic and computer "codes." In doing so, th looks beyond the familiar examples of cloning, genetic engineering, and gene therapy-fields based on the centrality of DNA or genes-to emerging fields in which "life" is often understood as "information." Focusing especially on interactions between genetic and computer codes, or between "life" and "information," Thacker shows how each kind of "body" produced-from biochip to DNA computer-demonstrates how molecular biology and computer science are interwoven to provide unique means of understanding and controlling living , Thacker provides in-depth accounts of theoretical issues implicit in biotechnical artifacts-issues that arise in the fields of bioinformatics, proteomics, systems biology, and biocomputing. Research in biotechnology, Biomedia suggests, flouts our assumptions about the division between biological and technological systems. New ways of thinking about this division are needed if we are to understand the cultural, social, and philosophical dimensions of such research, and this book marks a significant advance in the coming intellectual Thacker is assistant professor of new media in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His writings on the social and cultural aspects of biotechnology and biomedicine have been published and anthologized widely and translated into a dozen languages.
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Book Title: Biomedia
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Item Height: 0.5 in
Topic: Biotechnology, Life Sciences / Molecular Biology, General, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year: 2004
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Science
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Item Length: 10 in
Author: Eugene Thacker
Item Width: 7 in
Book Series: Electronic Mediations Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
