Code of the Biosphere

audiobook (Unabridged) Programming Life Itself

By David Hooper

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Life is no longer written solely by nature—it can now be coded. In Code of the Biosphere, David Hooper explores the astonishing frontier of synthetic biology, where DNA is treated like software and living systems become programmable.

From engineered microbes that clean oceans and generate energy to custom-designed organisms that could revolutionize medicine and agriculture, Hooper reveals how the tools of programming are being applied to the code of life itself. Yet with these breakthroughs come profound dilemmas: Who owns living code? What happens when biology is hacked? And how do we balance innovation with ecological responsibility?

Blending science, philosophy, and foresight, Code of the Biosphere invites readers to confront one of the most transformative—and unsettling—questions of our time: if we can program life, how will we choose to rewrite the story of the living world?

Code of the Biosphere