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How to Grow a Human
- Reprogramming Cells and Redesigning Life
Engelsk Paperback
How to Grow a Human
- Reprogramming Cells and Redesigning Life
Engelsk Paperback

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A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a ''self'' in the face of new scientific developments in genetic editing, cloning and neural downloading.After seeing his own cells used to grow clumps of new neurons – essentially mini-brains – Philip Ball begins to examine the concepts of identity and consciousness. Delving into humanity''s deep evolutionary past to look at how complex creatures like us emerged from single-celled life, he offers a new perspective on how humans think about ourselves.In an age when we are increasingly encouraged to regard the ''self'' as an abstract sequence of genetic information, or as a pattern of neural activity that might be ''downloaded'' to a computer, he return us to the body – to flesh and blood – and anchors a conception of personhood in this unique and ephemeral mortal coil. How to Build a Human brings us back to ourselves – but in doing so, it challenges old preconceptions and values. It asks us to rethink how we exist in the world.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
384
ISBN-13:
9780008331818
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0008331812
Udg. Dato:
30 apr 2020
Længde:
31mm
Bredde:
197mm
Højde:
129mm
Forlag:
HarperCollins Publishers
Oplagsdato:
30 apr 2020
Forfatter(e):
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