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Issue 2 - Capsule Edition

Asimov Press’ latest anthology features nine essays and three works of science fiction. Embracing the book’s technology theme, we did something very special: With the help of three companies — CATALOG, Imagene, and Plasmidsaurus — we’ve encoded a complete copy of the book into DNA, thus merging bits with atoms.

This is the first commercially-available book to be written in DNA and sold in both mediums; as physical books and nucleic acids. International Order? Click here.

DNA capsule
Grab a DNA capsule while they last.
A total of 1,000 capsules are available for pre-order.
Table of contents
  1. The First Patented GMO (Rhea Purohit)
  2. The Mouse as Microscope (Alex Telford)
  3. Driving Toward Nanopores (Stephen Malina)
  4. The Promise of Gas Vesicles (Niko McCarty)
  5. To Be Born in a Bag (Tom Ireland)
  6. Making Eggs Without Ovaries (Metacelsus)
  7. Before They Hatch (Robert Yaman)
  8. Where's the Synthetic Blood? (Keith Neeves)
  9. Why Nothing Can Grow on Mars* (Devon Stork)
  10. Tinker (Richard Ngo)
  11. Farma: Speculative Gastronomy (Xander Balwit)
  12. Models of Life (Abhishaike Mahajan)
Capsule Collection  →
Includes DNA capsule and display.
Ships in late February 2025.
Issue 02  →
The second book from Asimov Press,
featuring writing by Alex Telford, Richard
Ngo, Tom Ireland, and more. *Does not
include a DNA capsule.

Origins

This is the inaugural issue of Asimov Press, a publishing venture devoted to the science and technologies that promote flourishing. Aptly, our first issue celebrates origins. From the inception of synthetic biology to the beginnings of human challenge trials and the making of the first transgenic ants, this collection explores some of the foundational discoveries that have led us to the scientific world as we know it.

Books are printed on Cougar White Vellum paper with foil-stamped covers and Smyth-sewn bindings to ensure they fall and stay open comfortably. Each book measures 5.5” by 8.5”. Profits are donated to Malaria Consortium, an organization that vaccinates children against malaria.

Table of contents
  1. Introduction (Editors)
  2. Synthetic Origins (Michael Elowitz)
  3. Making the Micropipette (Metacelsus)
  4. Engineering Ants (Taylor Hart)
  5. Fast Biology (Niko McCarty)
  6. What Science Can Learn from Car Mechanics (Trevor Klee)
  7. Discovering an Antimalarial Drug in Mao's China (Wendi Yan)
  8. Making Cells Young (José Luis Ricón)
  9. Scaling Phage Therapy (Tom Ireland)
  10. Deliberate Dysentery (Jake Eberts)
  11. Blocked Transmission (Tom Ough)
  12. The Vector Zoo (Xander Balwit)
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