The body builders : inside the science of the engineered human / Adam Piore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piore, Adam, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bioengineering.

Biomedical engineering.

Synthetic biology.

Local Subjects:

Bioengineering.

Physical Description:

376 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017]

Summary:

A tour of the current revolution in human augmentation explores how the world's most innovative engineers are helping people repair traumatic injuries while transcending physical and mental limitations.

Contents:

Moving. The bionic man who builds bionic people : replicating the way we move ; The birth of Bamm-Bamm : decoding the genome and rewriting it ; The man with the pixie dust : regenerative medicine and the quest to regrow limbs

Sensing. The woman who can see with her ears : neuroplasticity and learning pills ; Soldiers with Spidey sense : intuition and implicit learning ; The telepathy technician : decoding the brain and imagined speech

Thinking. the boy who remembers everything : Viagra for the brain ; The surgeon conducting the symphony : DBS and the power of electricity ; Sudden savants : unleashing the inner muse.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-366) and index.

ISBN:

9780062347145

0062347144

OCLC:

941442884