J. Craig Venter is best known for sequencing the human genome. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of the J. Craig Venter Institute, a not-for-profit research organization dedicated to genomic research. He is also the founder and CEO of Synthetic Genomics, Inc., as well as the author of "A Life Decoded. "He is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the 2008 United States National Medal of Science, and twice been named one "Time"'s 100 most influential people. He lives in La Jolla, California. Visit jcvi.org.
" Life at the Speed of Light" provides an important look behind the
hyperbolic headlines that often accompany synthetic biology, a
guide to the future of life from one of the scientists helping to
create it."
Emily Anthes, "The Washington Post"
"When scientists finally succeed in transmitting to another galaxy
the digital instructions for building a living organism, they will
rely on science that Venter has pioneered.... Readers will thank
Venter for an insider s perspective on epoch-making science."
" Booklist"
"A fascinating glimpse at a scientific frontier."
" Kirkus Reviews"
Craig Venter is a singular individual... at once inheritor of
molecular biology s prior triumphs and the wellspring of its future
He compellingly depicts his diverse research as a concerted effort
to shuttle biology between the material and the digital worlds a
gripping tale and welcome antidote to dry materials and methods
sections that make such sagas feel disembodied and inevitable.
" Science"
"Spellbinding stories from the frontiers of genomics.... Venter
instills awe for biology as it is, and as it might become in our
hands."
" Publishers Weekly"
"[A] remarkable book."
" Scientific American"
"A great read."
Ricki Lewis, PhD, "PLOS.org"
One of the world's leading scientists delivers a history of
molecular biology and its many ramifications depicted as it has
been and will continue to be, a creator of the golden age of modern
biology. His style is that of a dispatch from the front, urgent and
engaged, as only a participant could write it, and the best of its
genre since James D. Watson's "The Double Helix."
Edward O. Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard
University
In 1943 Erwin Schrodinger asked the question What is life? Craig
Venter decided to find out. The first step in understanding
something is to take it apart. The next step is to put it back
together. Finally, prove that you haven t neglected anything by
building it yourself from scratch. In this articulate, precise, and
uniquely first-person report from the front lines between biology
and technology--commendably addressing the role of proteins as well
as the nucleotides that code for them--Craig Venter sheds new light
on Schrodinger s question, while explaining how his own pioneering
work reading and writing genetic sequences between living cells and
computers is enabling life as we know it to take the first steps
toward becoming something else. A landmark account.
George Dyson, author of "Turing's Cathedral" and "Darwin Among the
Machines"
"Life at the Speed of Light" takes you to the frontier of science
to explain the exciting potential of synthetic biology. Craig
Venter, one of our most vivid and iconoclastic scientists, weaves
the history of our understanding of life with his personal journey
as one of the key scientists in decoding the human genome, and now
one of the leaders of research into programming DNA and even making
synthetic living organisms. It could prove to be one of the most
important technologies of this century.
Nathan Myhrvold, co-founder of Intellectual Ventures and former
Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft
Humanity is entering a period of radical transformation and one
reason is due to Craig Venter's research in creating new life forms
based on computer designed synthetic DNA. "Life at the Speed of
Light" is his beautifully written, powerful and persuasive story on
how DNA information and computers will blend in the coming
singularity, that watershed in the evolution of humanity beyond
which amazing new possibilities for life, society and everything we
care about will emerge.
Ray Kurzweil, author of "How to Create a Mind" and "The Singularity
Is Near""
""Life at the Speed of Light" provides an important look behind the
hyperbolic headlines that often accompany synthetic biology, a
guide to the future of life from one of the scientists helping to
create it."
Emily Anthes, "The Washington Post"
"When scientists finally succeed in transmitting to another galaxy
the digital instructions for building a living organism, they will
rely on science that Venter has pioneered.... Readers will thank
Venter for an insider's perspective on epoch-making science."
" Booklist"
"A fascinating glimpse at a scientific frontier."
" Kirkus Reviews"
"Craig Venter is a singular individual... at once inheritor of
molecular biology's prior triumphs and the wellspring of its
future...He compellingly depicts his diverse research as a
concerted effort to shuttle biology between the material and the
digital worlds...a gripping tale and welcome antidote to dry
materials and methods sections that make such sagas feel
disembodied and inevitable."
" Science"
"Spellbinding stories from the frontiers of genomics.... Venter
instills awe for biology as it is, and as it might become in our
hands."
" Publishers Weekly"
"[A] remarkable book."
" Scientific American"
"A great read."
Ricki Lewis, PhD, "PLOS.org"
"One of the world's leading scientists delivers a history of
molecular biology and its many ramifications depicted as it has
been and will continue to be, a creator of the golden age of modern
biology. His style is that of a dispatch from the front, urgent and
engaged, as only a participant could write it, and the best of its
genre since James D. Watson's "The Double Helix.""
Edward O. Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard
University
"In 1943 Erwin Schrodinger asked the question "What is life?" Craig
Venter decided to find out. The first step in understanding
something is to take it apart. The next step is to put it back
together. Finally, prove that you haven't neglected anything by
building it yourself from scratch. In this articulate, precise, and
uniquely first-person report from the front lines between biology
and technology--commendably addressing the role of proteins as well
as the nucleotides that code for them--Craig Venter sheds new light
on Schrodinger's question, while explaining how his own pioneering
work reading and writing genetic sequences between living cells and
computers is enabling life as we know it to take the first steps
toward becoming something else. A landmark account."
George Dyson, author of "Turing's Cathedral" and "Darwin Among the
Machines"
""Life at the Speed of Light" takes you to the frontier of science
to explain the exciting potential of synthetic biology. Craig
Venter, one of our most vivid and iconoclastic scientists, weaves
the history of our understanding of life with his personal journey
as one of the key scientists in decoding the human genome, and now
one of the leaders of research into programming DNA and even making
synthetic living organisms. It could prove to be one of the most
important technologies of this century."
Nathan Myhrvold, co-founder of Intellectual Ventures and former
Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft
"Humanity is entering a period of radical transformation and one
reason is due to Craig Venter's research in creating new life forms
based on computer designed synthetic DNA. "Life at the Speed of
Light" is his beautifully written, powerful and persuasive story on
how DNA information and computers will blend in the coming
singularity, that watershed in the evolution of humanity beyond
which amazing new possibilities for life, society and everything we
care about will emerge."
Ray Kurzweil, author of "How to Create a Mind" and "The Singularity
Is Near"
"When scientists finally succeed in transmitting to another galaxy
the digital instructions for building a living organism, they will
rely on science that Venter has pioneered.... Readers will thank
Venter for an insider's perspective on epoch-making science."
" Booklist"
"A fascinating glimpse at a scientific frontier."
" ""Kirkus"
"Craig Venter is a singular individual... at once inheritor of
molecular biology's prior triumphs and the wellspring of its
future...He compellingly depicts his diverse research as a
concerted effort to shuttle biology between the material and the
digital worlds...a gripping tale and welcome antidote to dry
materials and methods sections that make such sagas feel
disembodied and inevitable."
" Science"
"Spellbinding stories from the frontiers of genomics.... Venter
instills awe for biology as it is, and as it might become in our
hands."
" Publishers Weekly"
"[A] remarkable book."
" Scientific American"
"A fascinating glimpse at a scientific frontier--not always easily
understandable but well worth the effort."
" Kirkus Reviews"
"A great read."
Ricki Lewis, PhD, "PLOS.org"
"One of the world's leading scientists delivers a history of
molecular biology and its many ramifications depicted as it has
been and will continue to be, a creator of the golden age of modern
biology. His style is that of a dispatch from the front, urgent and
engaged, as only a participant could write it, and the best of its
genre since James D. Watson's "The Double Helix.""
Edward O. Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard
University
"In 1943 Erwin Schrodinger asked the question "What is life?" Craig
Venter decided to find out. The first step in understanding
something is to take it apart. The next step is to put it back
together. Finally, prove that you haven't neglected anything by
building it yourself from scratch. In this articulate, precise, and
unique
"Spellbinding stories from the frontiers of genomics.... Venter
instills awe for biology as it is, and as it might become in our
hands."
" Publishers Weekly"
"A fascinating glimpse at a scientific frontier--not always easily
understandable but well worth the effort."
" Kirkus Reviews"
"One of the world's leading scientists delivers a history of
molecular biology and its many ramifications depicted as it has
been and will continue to be, a creator of the golden age of modern
biology. His style is that of a dispatch from the front, urgent and
engaged, as only a participant could write it, and the best of its
genre since James D. Watson's "The Double Helix.""
Edward O. Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard
University
"In 1943 Erwin Schrodinger asked the question "What is life?" Craig
Venter decided to find out. The first step in understanding
something is to take it apart. The next step is to put it back
together. Finally, prove that you haven't neglected anything by
building it yourself from scratch. In this articulate, precise, and
uniquely first-person report from the front lines between biology
and technology--commendably addressing the role of proteins as well
as the nucleotides that code for them--Craig Venter sheds new light
on Schrodinger's question, while explaining how his own pioneering
work reading and writing genetic sequences between living cells and
computers is enabling life as we know it to take the first steps
toward becoming something else. A landmark account."
George Dyson, author of "Turing's Cathedral" and "Darwin Among the
Machines"
""Life at the Speed of Light" takes you to the frontier of science
to explain the exciting potential of synthetic biology. Craig
Venter, one of our most vivid and iconoclastic scientists, weaves
the history of our understanding of life with his personal journey
as one of the key scientists in decoding the human genome, and now
one of the leaders of re
"One of the world's leading scientists delivers a history of
molecular biology and its many ramifications depicted as it has
been and will continue to be, a creator of the golden age of modern
biology. His style is that of a dispatch from the front, urgent and
engaged, as only a participant could write it, and the best of its
genre since James D. Watson's "The Double Helix.""
Edward O. Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard
University
"In 1943 Erwin Schrodinger asked the question "What is life?" Craig
Venter decided to find out. The first step in understanding
something is to take it apart. The next step is to put it back
together. Finally, prove that you haven't neglected anything by
building it yourself from scratch. In this articulate, precise, and
uniquely first-person report from the front lines between biology
and technology--commendably addressing the role of proteins as well
as the nucleotides that code for them--Craig Venter sheds new light
on Schrodinger's question, while explaining how his own pioneering
work reading and writing genetic sequences between living cells and
computers is enabling life as we know it to take the first steps
toward becoming something else. A landmark account."
George Dyson, author of "Turing's Cathedral" and "Darwin Among the
Machines"
""Life at the Speed of Light" takes you to the frontier of science
to explain the exciting potential of synthetic biology. Craig
Venter, one of our most vivid and iconoclastic scientists, weaves
the history of our understanding of life with his personal journey
as one of the key scientists in decoding the human genome, and now
one of the leaders of research into programming DNA and even making
synthetic living organisms. It could prove to be one of the most
important technologies of this century."
Nathan Myhrvold, co-founder of Intellectual Ventures and former
Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft
"Humanity is entering a period of radical tra
Praise for J. Craig Venter:
" [Venter is] not just trying to understand how life works; he's
trying to make it work for him, and for us."
--"The Atlantic"
" [The] media has called Venter many things: maverick, publicity
hound, risk-taker, brash, controversial, genius, manic, rebellious,
visionary, audacious, arrogant, feisty, determined, provocative.
His autobiography shows that they are all justified."
--"Nature"
" A Life Decoded offers a window into the life and mind of a
scientist who . . . has indisputably become an extraordinary
figure."
--"Science"
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