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Beyond Human: Engineering Our Future Evolution

AUTHOR Seedhouse, Erik
PUBLISHER Springer (08/14/2014)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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Beyond Human is an informative and accessible guide for all those interested in the developing sciences of genetic engineering, bio printing and human cloning. Illustrating the ideas with reference to well-known science fiction films and novels, the author provides a unique insight into and understanding of how genetic manipulation, cloning, and other novel bio-technologies will one day allow us to redesign our species. It also addresses the legitimate concerns about "playing God", while at the same time embracing the positive aspects of the scientific trajectory that will lead to our transhuman future.

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ISBN-13: 9783662435250
ISBN-10: 366243525X
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 153
Carton Quantity: 46
Product Dimensions: 6.14 x 0.36 x 9.21 inches
Weight: 0.54 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Illustrated
Country of Origin: NL
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BISAC Categories
Science | Life Sciences - Genetics & Genomics
Science | Ethics
Science | Engineering (General)
Dewey Decimal: 610
Library of Congress Control Number: 2014945103
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Beyond Human is an informative and accessible guide for all those interested in the developing sciences of genetic engineering, bioprinting, and human cloning. Illustrating the ideas with reference to well-known science fiction films and novels, the author provides a unique insight into and understanding of how genetic manipulation, cloning, and other novel bio-technologies will one day allow us to redesign our species. It also addresses the legitimate concerns about playing God, while at the same time embracing the positive aspects of the scientific trajectory that will lead to our transhuman future.

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Beyond Human is an informative and accessible guide for all those interested in the developing sciences of genetic engineering, bio printing and human cloning. Illustrating the ideas with reference to well-known science fiction films and novels, the author provides a unique insight into and understanding of how genetic manipulation, cloning, and other novel bio-technologies will one day allow us to redesign our species. It also addresses the legitimate concerns about "playing God", while at the same time embracing the positive aspects of the scientific trajectory that will lead to our transhuman future.

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Author: Seedhouse, Erik
Dr. Erik Seedhouse is eminently qualified to write this informative handbook for all potential spaceflight participants. He was an Astronaut Training Consultant and wrote the Spaceflight Participants Flight Surgeona (TM)s Manual for Bigelow Aerospace in 2005. He also developed astronaut training protocols for future spaceflight participants and wrote and edited several chapters of Bigelow Aerospacea (TM)s Astronaut Training Manual. He has written many technical and scientific articles as well as articles for Spaceflight magazine. Erik Seedhouse is a research scientist specializing in environmental life sciences and physiology, for which he obtained his Ph.D. in Physiology while working for the European Space Agency between 1996 and 1998.
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