Engineering the human : human enhancement between fiction and fascination /

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Imprint:Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2013.
Description:1 online resource (198 p.)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9849864
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Other authors / contributors:Koops, Bert-Jaap.
ISBN:9783642350962 (electronic bk.)
3642350968 (electronic bk.)
9783642350955
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:The volume is collection of articles treating the topic of human improvement/enhancement from a variety of perspectives - philosophical, literary, medical, genetic, sociological, legal etc. The chapters in this volume treat not only those aspects that most immediately come to mind when one thinks of 'human enhancement', such as genetic engineering, cloning, artificial implants and artificial intelligence etc.
Other form:Print version: Koops, Bert-Jaap Engineering the Human : Human Enhancement Between Fiction and Fascination Dordrecht : Springer,c2013 9783642350955