书目名称 | Engineering the Human | 副标题 | Human Enhancement Be | 编辑 | Bert Jaap Koops,Christoph H. Lüthy,Monika S. Schmi | 视频video | | 概述 | State-of-the-art overview of all aspects of human enhancement.Unique interdisciplinary approach.Written by experts in the fields.Includes supplementary material: | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | 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. Somewhat less obvious aspects include evolutionary perspectives in connection with the prolongation of the human lifespan, plastic surgery since its beginnings, and questions such as whether the distinction between ‘natural’ and ‘artificial’ can really be drawn at all and how it has been conceived across the ages, or what the legal implications are of recent developments and techniques. Many papers make links to the representation of these developments in popular culture, from Jules Verne through Aldous Huxley to the movie Gattaca, address the hopes and fears that come with them as well as the question how realistic these are.While all chapters are written by scientists at the international top of their respective fields, all are accessible to a non-specialist audience and emi | 出版日期 | Book 2013 | 关键词 | Evolution; Genetic engineering; Human enhancement; human machines | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35096-2 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-642-43794-6 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-642-35096-2 | copyright | Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 |
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