1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910208835303321

Titolo

The transhumanist reader [[electronic resource] ] : classical and contemporary essays on the science, technology, and philosophy of the human future / / edited by Max More and Natasha Vita-More

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

ISBN

1-118-32939-2

1-118-55592-9

1-118-55599-6

1-299-27758-6

1-118-55596-1

Descrizione fisica

460 pages

Altri autori (Persone)

MoreMax <1964->

Vita-MoreNatasha <1950->

Disciplina

610.285

Soggetti

Medical technology - Social aspects

Humanism - History

Human body (Philosophy) - History

Genetic engineering - Social aspects

Tecnologia mèdica

Condicions socials

Humanisme

Enginyeria genètica

Electronic books.

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Roots and core themes -- pt. II. Human enhancement : the somatic sphere -- pt. III. Human enhancement : the cognitive sphere -- pt. IV. Core technologies -- pt. V. Engines of life : identity and beyond death -- pt. VI. Enhanced decision-making -- pt. VII. Biopolitics and policy -- pt. VIII. Future trajectories : singularity -- pt. IX. The world's most dangerous idea.



Sommario/riassunto

The first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the origins and current state of transhumanist thinking The rapid pace of emerging technologies is playing an increasingly important role in overcoming fundamental human limitations. Featuring core writings by seminal thinkers in the speculative possibilities of the posthuman condition, essays address key philosophical arguments for and against human enhancement, explore the inevitability of life extension, and consider possible solutions to the growing issues of social and ethical implications and concerns. Edited by the international

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787630003321

Autore

Landon William J. <1974->

Titolo

Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi and Niccolo Machiavelli : patron, client, and the Pistola fatta per la peste/an epistle written concerning the plague / / William J. Landon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4426-9948-5

1-4426-9947-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Collana

Toronto Italian Studies

Altri autori (Persone)

StrozziLorenzo di Filippo <1482-1547.>

Disciplina

853/.3

Soggetti

Plague in literature

Authors, Italian - 16th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Includes the Italian text of Pistola fatta per la peste with English translation."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter One: The Life of Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi -- Chapter Two: Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi and Niccolo Machiavelli -- Chapter Three: A History of the Pistola fatta per la peste: Its Manuscripts, Publication History and a Close Reading of the Text -- Conclusion: Pistola, Patron, Client and the Proposed Strozzi Marriage of 1525 -- Figures:Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi's Pistola fatta per la peste: An Italian Edition and an English Translation of the Text -- Appendix One: Supplemental



Transcriptions from Banco Rari 29 -- Appendix Two: Francesco Zeffi's "Vita" Of Lorenzo di Filippo Strozzi -- Appendix Three: A Recipe for an Antidote against the Plague by Mengo Bianchelli -- Appendix Four: Niccolo Machiavelli's Minuta di Provvisione per la Riforma dello Stato di Firenze L'Anno 1522.

Sommario/riassunto

William J. Landon reveals Strozzi's influence on Machiavelli through wide-ranging textual investigations, and especially through Strozzi's Pistola fatta per la peste for which Landon has provided the first ever complete English translation and critical edition.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910567791503321

Autore

Hund Jonas

Titolo

Characterisation and modelling of PC/ABS blends

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Karlsruhe, : KIT Scientific Publishing, 2022

ISBN

1000141093

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Mechanik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

Soggetti

Civil engineering, surveying & building

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The present work deals with the characterisation and multi-scale modelling of the large-strain response of ternary polymer blends. In a homogenised constitutive modelling approach, particularly the deformation behaviour featuring plastic dilatancy is investigated. Concerning the micromechanical modelling, constitutive models are proposed for the blends' individual phases and compared regarding their capabilities to capture the composition-dependent fracture toughness in unit cell models.