TY - BOOK AU - Goonatilake,Susantha TI - Merged evolution: long-term implications of biotechnology and information technology SN - 9057005212 AV - T14.5 .G67 1999 U1 - 303.48 21 PY - 1999/// CY - Australia PB - Gordon and Breach KW - Technology KW - Social aspects KW - Biotechnology KW - Information technology KW - Evolution N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-253) and index; Machine generated contents note: I THREE LINEAGES AND TWO TECHNOLOGIES 11 --1 Biological Evolution: The Genetic Lineage 13 --2 The Cultural Stream of Science 23 --3 The Computer Information Flowline 35 --4 The Exosomatic Lineage Develops Its Autonomy 47 --5 Biotechnology -- 71 -- II THE THREE LINEAGES MERGE 85 --6 The Merging of Culture and Artificial Information 87 --7 The Merging of Culture and Genes 117 --8 The Merging of Biology and Computing 147 --III CONSEQUENCES 165 --9 The Macro Properties of Merged Evolution 167 --10 An Extended Sociology: The Structure -- of New "Communities" 197 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy031/2002391909.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0653/2002391909-d.html ER -