03037oam 2200709I 450 991045059210332120200520144314.00-203-37739-71-134-68800-81-280-07368-397866100736890-203-36063-X10.4324/9780203360637 (CKB)1000000000255508(EBL)180144(OCoLC)70747463(SSID)ssj0000285305(PQKBManifestationID)11235278(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285305(PQKBWorkID)10278965(PQKB)11608980(MiAaPQ)EBC180144(Au-PeEL)EBL180144(CaPaEBR)ebr10097476(CaONFJC)MIL7368(OCoLC)1000427588(EXLCZ)99100000000025550820180331d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Visible Human Project informatic bodies and posthuman medicine /atherine WaldbyLondon :Routledge,2000.1 online resource (197 p.)Biofutures, bioculturesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-17406-6 0-415-17405-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgments; List of acronyms; The Visible Human Project: an initial history; Posthuman spectacle; Theatres of violence: the anatomical sacrifice and the anatomical trace; Virtual surgery: morphing and morphology; IatroGenesis: digital Eden and the reproduction of life; Revenants: death and the digital uncanny; Technogenesis: the posthuman visible; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe Visible Human Project is a critical investigation of the spectacular, three-dimensional recordings of real human bodies - dissected, photographed and converted into visual data files - made by the US National Library of Medicine in Baltimore. Catherine Waldby uses new ideas from cultural studies, science studies and social studies of the computer to situate the Visible Human Project in its historical and cultural context, and to consider the meanings such an object has within a computerised culture.In this fascinating and important book, Catherine Waldby explores how advancesBiofutures, biocultures.Human anatomyDatabasesHuman anatomyAtlasesMedical informaticsHuman body (Philosophy)Electronic books.Human anatomyHuman anatomyMedical informatics.Human body (Philosophy)611.00222Waldby Cathy.516876MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450592103321The Visible Human Project2171327UNINA