Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Prologue: Enigmatic Variations ix
4. Acknowledgments xxiii
5. Introduction: Inventing a City of Life 1
6. PART I. RISKS
7. 1 Where the Wild Genes Are 29
8. 2 An Atlas of Asian Diseases 51
9. 3 Smoldering Fire 73
10. PART II. UNCERTAINTIES
11. 4 The Productive Uncertainty of Bioethics 93
12. 5 Virtue and Expatriate Scientists 113
13. 6 Perturbing Life 136
14. PART III. KNOWN UNKNOWNS
15. 7 A Single Wave 157
16. 8 “Viruses Don’t Carry Passports” 174
17. 9 The “Athlete Gene” in China’s Future 197
18. Epilogue: A DNA Bridge and an Octopus’s Garden 223
19. Notes 239
20. Bibliography 257
21. Index 271