Po Bronson
Decoding the World
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A vision of the future that uses cutting-edge biotech to explore the most challenging mysteries of the 21st century.Po Bronson and Arvind Gupta, venture capitalists from Silicon Valley, take everyday news headlines and decode them, leading us on a journey through their unique and highly entertaining view of the world. Each chapter is prefaced with a real-world headline from today's chaotic news cycle: Dying bees. Rogue planets. Beyond Meat. Glaciers melting. Bronson and Gupta decipher what's really going on behind these headlines, and why.Decoding the World is the kind of book you get when you give two guys $40 million, a world full of messy…
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A vision of the future that uses cutting-edge biotech to explore the most challenging mysteries of the 21st century.Po Bronson and Arvind Gupta, venture capitalists from Silicon Valley, take everyday news headlines and decode them, leading us on a journey through their unique and highly entertaining view of the world. Each chapter is prefaced with a real-world headline from today's chaotic news cycle: Dying bees. Rogue planets. Beyond Meat. Glaciers melting. Bronson and Gupta decipher what's really going on behind these headlines, and why.Decoding the World is the kind of book you get when you give two guys $40 million, a world full of messy big problems and a genetics laboratory to play in, and delves into physics, chemistry, history, philosophy and psychology.After looking through their lens, you'll never see the world the same.Praise for Decoding the World:'Decoding the World is . . . one of the most creative, entertaining, and inspiring looks into the future that you will ever find' Ashlee Vance, New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future'Bronson and Gupta show us how biological engineering is emerging as a dominant technology of this century, one that will help change our world for the better' James J. Collins, MIT and Harvard bioengineer'Like being a fly on the wall of the world's most interesting dinner party. . . Required reading for restless times' James Nestor, New York Times bestselling author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art[Wildfire logo]ISBN 9781472278630Fiction [Cover credit][Author photo credit, if there is one]www.headline.co.uk@wildfirebks£10.99
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Gupta, Arvind
- ISBN: 978-1-4722-7863-0
- EAN: 9781472278630
- Produktnummer: 34460663
- Verlag: Headline Book
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 384 S.
- Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
- Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.9 cm
Über den Autor
Po Bronson is Managing Director of IndieBio. His science journalism has been honored with nine national awards, and cited in 185 academic journals and 503 books. He's the author of seven bestselling books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller What Should I Do With My Life?Arvind Gupta is the founder of IndieBio, the world's largest biotech accelerator, and a venture capitalist. Previously he was design director of IDEO in Shanghai. He has a degree in genetic engineering from University of California, Santa Barbara. In the past two decades he has been a BASE jumper, big wall climber, and jiu-jitsu grappler.
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