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Enhancing me [[electronic resource] ] : the hope and the hype of human enhancement / / Pete Moore



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Autore: Moore Pete <1962-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Enhancing me [[electronic resource] ] : the hope and the hype of human enhancement / / Pete Moore Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley/Dana Centre, c2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
Disciplina: 174.29
Soggetto topico: Biotechnology - Moral and ethical aspects
Human body - Forecasting
Genetic engineering
Medical technology - Social aspects
Medical technology
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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 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
Titolo autorizzato: Enhancing me  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-34265-7
9786612342653
0-470-69999-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910825066003321
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Serie: Science Museum TechKnow Series