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The Age of Living Machines by Susan  Hockfield

The Age of Living Machines

How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution

by Susan Hockfield
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  • May 7, 2019, 256 pages
  • Paperback:
  • May 2020, 256 pages
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