Shattered nerves : how science is solving modern medicine's most perplexing problem / / Victor D. Chase

• Autore: Chase Victor D. <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, Md., : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.8
• Soggetto topico: Neural stimulation; Myoelectric prosthesis; Implants, Artificial
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-280) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Learning to Listen All Over Again -- 2 The Body Electric -- 3 Of Frogs' Legs and Transistors -- 4 The Grandfather of Neural Prostheses -- 5 Accidental Pioneers -- 6 Giving a Hand -- 7 Looking Back at an Empty Wheelchair -- 8 The Dirty Little Secret -- 9 Sound in the Brain -- 10 In the Eye of the Beholder -- 11 Nerves of Platinum and Iridium -- 12 Pins and Needles in the Brain -- 13 From the Inside Out -- 14 Reaching the Depth of Depression -- 15 A Hole in the Center of the Brain -- 16 Ethics -- 17 Biomimetic and Superhuman -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: This timely and important book explores troubling boundaries between restoration and enhancement, where implants could conceivably endow the able-bodied with superhuman capabilities. Chase concludes this fascinating book with a provocative question: Just because we can, does that mean we should?.
• Titolo autorizzato: Shattered nerves
• ISBN: 0-8018-9213-9; 1-4356-9214-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810803703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II