03144nam 2200721Ia 450 991096873660332120240501132546.09786612342653978128234265112823426579780470699997047069999X(CKB)1000000000724965(EBL)470656(OCoLC)609849647(SSID)ssj0000295306(PQKBManifestationID)11225719(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000295306(PQKBWorkID)10314753(PQKB)10224906(OCoLC)650017308(MiAaPQ)EBC470656(Au-PeEL)EBL470656(CaPaEBR)ebr10300836(CaONFJC)MIL234265(Perlego)2759222(EXLCZ)99100000000072496520140723d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnhancing me the hope and the hype of human enhancement /Pete Moore1st ed.Chichester, England ;Hoboken, NJ Wiley/Dana Centrec20081 online resource (277 p.)Science Museum TechKnow Series ;v.2Includes index.9780470724095 0470724099 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?; IndexScience 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 change our bodies, our brains, our emotions, and how long we live. He talks to people who have actually been 'enhanced' to find out what it's like and how beneficial it is; and to the experts to Science Museum TechKnow SeriesBiotechnologyMoral and ethical aspectsHuman bodyForecastingGenetic engineeringMedical technologySocial aspectsMedical technologyBiotechnologyMoral and ethical aspects.Human bodyForecasting.Genetic engineering.Medical technologySocial aspects.Medical technology.174.29Moore Pete1962-1814073MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968736603321Enhancing me4367674UNINA