ABSTRACT
We live in “the biological century.” To an extent never previously imagined, engineering and economic decisions are being influenced both by the biological paradigm, in general, and by specific biological issues in particular [1]. As Friedman notes, “All fields of engineering will be players in the biological century, enriching and complementing one another, and fulfilling a promise we can hardly imagine” [2]. Biological questions affect practical decisions about issues both exotic and mundane.
