A new biology for the 21st century / Committee on a New Biology for the 21st Century: Ensuring the United States Leads the Coming Biology Revolution, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
| Other author | National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on a New Biology for the 21st Century: Ensuring the United States Leads the Coming Biology Revolution. |
| Other author | National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Life Sciences. |
| Other author | National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, |
| Description | xiii, 98 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | New biology for the twenty-first century |
| Contents | The new biology's great potential -- How the new biology can address societal challenges -- Why now? -- Putting the new biology to work -- Recommendations. |
| Abstract | "Now more than ever, biology has the potential to contribute practical solutions to many of the major challenges confronting the United States and the world. A New Biology for the 21st Century recommends that a "New Biology" approach--one that depends on greater integration within biology, and closer collaboration with physical, computational, and earth scientists, mathematicians and engineers--be used to find solutions to four key societal needs: sustainable food production, ecosystem restoration, optimized biofuel production, and improvement in human health. The approach calls for a coordinated effort to leverage resources across the federal, private, and academic sectors to help meet challenges and improve the return on life science research in general."--Publisher's description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-94). |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Also issued online. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | Electronic version: New biology for the 21st century. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009 9780309144865 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009939411 |
| ISBN | 9780309144889 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0309144884 (pbk.) |