How to build a dragon or die trying: a satirical look at cutting-edge science
So, you want a dragon? -- Let there be flight -- Fire! -- Dragons on the brain -- From head to tail, other dragon features and power-ups -- Sex, dragons, and CRISPR -- After a dragon : building unicorns and other mythical creatures -- The ethics and future of engineering dragons and other new beasts...
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| Zusammenfassung: | So, you want a dragon? -- Let there be flight -- Fire! -- Dragons on the brain -- From head to tail, other dragon features and power-ups -- Sex, dragons, and CRISPR -- After a dragon : building unicorns and other mythical creatures -- The ethics and future of engineering dragons and other new beasts -- Glossary |
| Beschreibung: | Includes index |
| Beschreibung: | xiii, 235 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9789813274464 9789813275935 |
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| adam_text | Contents Preface v Chapter 1 So, you want a dragon? Introduction The dragon or the egg? What is a dragon exactly? The Middle -East and Africa Asia Ancient and Eastern Europe Central and Western Europe Dragon history: the bigpicture Why build a dragon? What kind of dragon should we make? What creatures to start with? Chimeras? Flying dragon Fire is fun for a dragon Brain and temperament Our dragon-building team Expect disasters Why write this book? References ix 1 1 4 6 7 7 9 10 12 13 16 17 19 22 24 25 27 28 29 31
x How to Build a Dragon Chapter 2 Let there be flight Weight versus flight Engineering flight: where to start? Lessons from two extinct giant fliers Patagia for flight Getting a lift Bird options Birds or dragons of a feather Genes and feathered flight Dragon size Where to call home? What could go wrong with dragon flight? How we could cheat on dragon flight Flying on References 33 34 37 41 43 49 50 51 54 58 59 59 61 61 61 Chapter 3 Fire! Kindling a fire-breathing dragon Fueling the flames Farts, burps, and other fuel sources Dragon moonshine? Cheatsforfuelingfire The dragon diet We have ignition (we hope) Electrical ignition How we could cheat on ignition Protecting the dragon from its own fire Lessons from a beetle’s butt Heat as a weapon What could go wrong and how might we die? Take-home on fire References 63 63 66 68 73 74 74 76 78 81 81 83 85 89 90 90
Contents Chapter 4 Dragons on the brain Make up your mind A dragon’s brain Picking an unpickled starter brain How to grow a brain Growing a mini-brain or “brain organoid in the lab Are brain architecture and intelligence linked? Too dumb Too smart Extra smart on purpose Walk the walk, and talk the talk Teach your dragon well Problems bringing up baby Dragon Cheating with a Cyborg Dragon What could go wrong — and yes, you’ve guessed — lead to our deaths? Trying to get the dragon brain just right References Chapter 5 From head to tail, other dragon features and power-ups A whole menu of options A head (or heads) up? Taking our dragon by the horn Dragon color: it’s not black and white A shocking suggestion Before your very eyes Half a brain on and half off Dragon GPS Going swimmingly A leg or more to stand on And another thing to ruminate... Dragon skin Not just spitting into the wind Finding its voice xi 93 93 97 101 105 109 110 113 115 117 118 119 121 123 123 123 124 125 125 127 133 134 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 144 145 146
xii How to Build a Dragon Is it a girl or a boy or both? Power-ups Power downs What could go wrong and how might we die? Fun with features References 147 149 152 155 155 156 Chapter 6 Sex, dragons, and CRISPR Evolving a dragon at warp speed Dragon sex ed and parenting class The golden egg (and sperm) Stem cells No males or sex needed? Cloning class Chimeric embryos and chimeras CRISPR What exactly is CRISPR gene-editing and how does it work? Using CRISPR to make a dragon What could go wrong and how we might die? Dragon building technology References 157 157 163 163 170 174 175 179 182 Chapter 7 After a dragon: building unicorns and other mythical creatures Our next challenge: unicorns and other mythical creatures Unicorns A brìef history of unicorns How would we create a unicorn? Taking wing with Pegasus A brief history ofPegasus How would we create a flying horse like Pegasus Hippogriffe and Griffins A brief history of hippogrijfs and griffins How to build a hippogrijf orgriffin? 183 184 186 186 186 189 189 191 191 195 200 200 200 201 201 203
Contents A tail of Mermaids and Mermen A brief history of merpeople 204 204 Hypothetically, how could we create a mermaid (not that we would ever try)? Why it would be unethical to create a Mermaid Make myths real Reference 207 207 208 209 Chapter 8 The ethics and future of engineering dragons 211 and other new beasts 211 Dragon ethics 213 Too dangerous for humanity? Humans asfriends orfamily, notfood 214 215 Would it be good for dragons if we made them? Risks ofmaking malformed dragons along the way Short-lived or sickly dragon? Dragon blues? Dragon benefits? Benefits to the world? Endangering the already at-risk Komodo? What if our dragons outlive us? Ethics and government regulation Where do we get all the needed money without “selling out”? Where we go, will others follow? References Glossary Index 215 216 217 218 219 219 221 221 223 224 226 227 233
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