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The synthetic age : outdesigning evolution, resurrecting species, and reengineering our world / Christopher J. Preston

This work explores how nanotechnology, synthetic biology and climate engineering enable humans to deliberately redesign the Earth. It examines the transition from unintended environmental impacts to a synthetic age defined by the intentional reshaping of natural processes.
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