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Make Way for the Superhumans: How the science of bio enhancement is
Biomedical research is changing the both the format and the functions of human beings. Very soon the human race will be faced with a choice: do we join in with...
Technologies of the Human Corpse
The relationship of the dead body with technology through history, from nineteenth-century embalming machines to the death-prevention technologies of today. "One of our greatest thinkers" on death presents a radical...
Chips, Clones, and Living Beyond 100: How Far Will the Biosciences
The key scientific discoveries of the 21st century will emerge from the biosciences. These discoveries will impact our lives in ways we can only now begin to imagine. In this...
Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution
The dramatic advances in DNA technology over the last few years are the stuff of science fiction. It is now not only possible to clone human beings, it is happening....
Creation: The Quest to Create Artificial Life
Mankind now has within its grasp the power to synthesize true artificial life, playing out Dr Frankenstein's dream in both cyberspace and the real world. In this book, Steve Grand,...
What's the Use?: How Mathematics Shapes Everyday Life
$17.50 AUD
See the world in a completely new way as an esteemed mathematician shows how math powers the world--from technology to health care and beyond. Almost all of us have sat...
Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation RefinedaEURO"and RedefinedaEURO"Nature
From the first dog to the first beefalo, from farming to CRISPR, the human history of remaking nature When the 2020 Nobel Prize was awarded to the inventors of CRISPR,...
Identically Different: Why We Can Change Our Genes
$15.00 AUD
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