Biomedia by Eugene Thacker - 9780816643530

BiomediaAuthor(s): Eugene Thacker\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9780816643530, 978-0816643530\nSynopsis\nThe merging of computer science and molecular biology, genetic codes and computer codes\n\nAs 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 future.\n\nIntegrating 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, the book looks beyond the familiar examples of cloning, genetic engineering, and gene t.