Man and His Future [[electronic resource]]
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Symposium CIBA Foundation
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| Titolo: |
Man and His Future [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (418 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 573 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human beings |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | MAN and his FUTURE; Preface; Contents; The future of man-evolutionary aspects; Agricultural productivity in relation to population; Sophisticated diets and man's health; World resources; Control of reproduction in mammals; The sex-ratio in human populations; World population; Growth and development of social groups; Man's relationship to his environment; Machines and societies; Sociological aspects; The promise of medical science; Future of infectious and malignant diseases; Longevity of man and his tissues; Health and disease; Genetic progress by voluntarily conducted germinal choice |
| Biological future of manEugenics and genetics; Potentialities in the control of behaviour; Future of the mind; Future of the mind; Biological possibilities for the human species in the next ten thousand years; Ethical considerations; Bibliography; Members of the symposium; Index | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Man and His Future |
| ISBN: | 0-470-71529-4 |
| 0-470-71496-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910829985803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Novartis Foundation Symposia