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9781844076222: Unnatural Selection: The Challenges of Engineering Tomorrow's People
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ISBN 10: 1844076229 ISBN 13: 9781844076222
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2008

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With ever-advancing scientific understanding and technological capabilities, humanity stands on the brink of the potential next stage of evolution: evolution engineered by us. Nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science offer the possibility to enhance human performance, lengthen life-span and reshape our inherited physical, cognitive and emotional identities. But with this promise come huge risks, complex choices and fundamental ethical questions: about evolution; about what it is to be human; and about control over, and the distribution of benefits from, new technology.

Written by a range of experts in science, technology, bioethics and social science, Unnatural Selection examines the range of technological innovations offering lives that purport to be longer, stronger, smarter and happier, and asks whether their introduction is likely to lead to more fulfilled individuals and a fairer world. The breadth of approaches and perspectives make important reading for anyone who cares about the implications of humanity engineering its own evolution.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Peter Healey is Associate Fellow at the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, University of Oxford. Steve Rayner is James Martin Professor of Science and Civilization at the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, University of Oxford, a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, and Honorary Professor of Climate Change and Society, University of Copenhagen.

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2008
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1844076229
ISBN 13 
9781844076222
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
288
Redattore
Healey Peter, Rayner Steve
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ISBN 10:  1138002089 ISBN 13:  9781138002081
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2014
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