Enhancing me : the hope and the hype of human enhancement / Pete Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Pete, 1962-

Series:

Science Museum TechKnow Series

Science Museum TechKnow Series ; v.2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biotechnology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Biotechnology.

Human body--Forecasting.

Human body.

Genetic engineering.

Medical technology--Social aspects.

Medical technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley/Dana Centre, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612342653

9781282342651

1282342657

9780470699997

047069999X

OCLC:

609849647