Synthetic aesthetics : investigating synthetic biology's designs on nature

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Ginsberg, Alexandra Daisy (Author), Calvert, Jane (Author), Schyfter, Pablo (Author), Elfick, Alistair (Author), Endy, Andrew D. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2014]
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780262321600
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xxii, 349 pages) : color illustrations.

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Table of Contents:
  • Synthetic biology : what it is and why it matters / Alistair Elfick and Drew Endy
  • Countering the engineering mindset : the conflict of art and synthetic biology / Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr
  • Design as the machines come to life / Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
  • Nature is designed / Drew Endy
  • There is no design in nature / Pablo Schyfter
  • Design evolution / Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
  • Bio logic / David Benjamin and Fernan Federici
  • Scale and metaphor / Pablo Schyfter
  • Living among living things / Will Carey ... [et al.]
  • Constrained creativity : an engineer's perspective / Alistair Elfick
  • The biogenic timestamp : exploring the rearrangement of matter through synthetic biology and art / Oron Catts and Hideo Iwasaki
  • Time as critique / Jane Calvert
  • Synthetic sound from synthetic biology / Chris Chafe and Mariana Leguia
  • Abstraction and representation / Pablo Schyfter
  • Living machines / Sheref Mansy and Sascha Pohflepp
  • Evolution vs. design? / Jane Calvert
  • The inside out body / Christina Agapakis and Sissel Tolaas
  • Transgressing biological boundaries / Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg.