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UNINA9910968736603321 |
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Moore Pete <1962-> |
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Enhancing me : the hope and the hype of human enhancement / / Pete Moore |
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Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley/Dana Centre, c2008 |
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9786612342653 |
9781282342651 |
1282342657 |
9780470699997 |
047069999X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (277 p.) |
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Science Museum TechKnow Series ; ; v.2 |
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Biotechnology - Moral and ethical aspects |
Human body - Forecasting |
Genetic engineering |
Medical technology - Social aspects |
Medical technology |
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Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Enhancing Me: The Hope and the Hype of Human Enhancement; Contents; Introduction; I: Longer Than Life; 1: Techno Fixes; 2: Maintain and Repair; 3: Uploading; II: Brighter Than Life; 4: Let's Stretch; 5: In Touch with the Brain; 6: Maxing Memory; III: BETTER THAN LIFE; 7: Conformity in Enhancement; 8: Adding Technology; 9: Better and Beyond; IV: FASTER THAN LIFE; 10: Restoring Function; 11: Doping - Drugs and Genes; 12: Sporting Superhumans; V: HYPE OR HOPE?; Index |
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Science is developing more and more potential for human beings to enhance themselves. The pace of change is rapid, and some people are already warning that we are heading for a post-human future populated by ever-lasting, self-sustaining intelligence systems into which the contents of a human mind have been poured... Is this true? In Enhancing Me, Pete Moore examines the ways in which technology can |
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