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  • Science and Spectacle

    The Work of Jodrell Bank in Postwar British Culture

    ile John Agar ...
    Diziler series Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
    Science and Spectacle relates the construction of the telescope to the politics and culture of post-war Britain. From radar and atomic weapons, to the Festival of Britain and, later, Harold Wilson's rhetoric of scientific revolution, science formed a cultural resource from which post-war careers and a national identity could be built. The Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope was once a symbol of British ... Daha fazla okuyun

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  • My Kidney Life: A New Direction

    ile Dori Schatell, MS, John Agar, MD, George Coritsidis, MD, Eric Weinhandl, PhD ...
    If your kidneys - or loved ones' - don't work well, you may be angry, sad, scared. Or, you feel all three ways at the same time. This is 100% normal! When you can move past fear to HOPE, you can make the rest of your life as good as it can be. At the non-profit Medical Education Institute (MEI), we are here to help you. We've learned from tens of thousands of people with kidney disease and their ... Daha fazla okuyun

    TL487,90

  • Ethical Issues in Biotechnology

    ile Nicholas Agar, Miguel Altieri, American Association for the Advancement of Science, F H. Bach et. al, eds., Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics, Carl Cohen, Ronnie Cummings, Joyce D'Silva, H T. Englehardt, Ron Epstein, J.R.S Fincham, Mira Fong, R G. Frey, Jean Halloran, Michael Hansen, Heta Hayry, Bette Hillman, A Holland, Leon Kass, D A. Kessler et. al, Andrew Linzey, Miriam McGillis, Martina McGloughlin, National Academy of Sciences, National Bioethics Advisory Commission, Organization for Economic Cooperation, Development, Julie Palmer, Steven Palumbi, Madison Powers, J R. Ravetz, Rosamond Rhodes, B E. Rollin, Peter M. Rosset, Paul Thompson, Harold Vanderpool, Allen Verhey, Robert Wachbroit, Leroy Walters ...
    Ethical Issues in Biotechnology is the first textbook of its kind, written collaboratively by a philosopher and a biologist to provide undergraduate students with a comprehensive, accessible introduction to the ethical and scientific fundamentals of biotechnology. Engaging the ethics and the science side by side, the text addresses pressing questions in agricultural, food, and animal biotechnology ... Daha fazla okuyun

    TL3.616,79

  • Non essere una macchina

    Come restare umani nell'Era digitale

    ile Nicholas Agar ...
    Impiegati, baristi, cassieri, ma anche chirurghi, piloti d’aerei e tassisti: sono tantissimi i mestieri che, nell’era dell’economia digitale, potranno essere sostituiti da macchine capaci di svolgere le stesse mansioni in maniera più efficiente e a costi inferiori. Secondo Nicholas Agar, tuttavia, non è la perdita di posti di lavoro il prezzo più alto che rischiamo di pagare: in un mondo nel quale ... Daha fazla okuyun

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  • How to Think about Progress

    A Skeptic's Guide to Technology

    ile Nicholas Agar, Stuart Whatley, Dan Weijers ...
    Diziler series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    How to Think about Progress is an interdisciplinary work exploring whether optimistic claims about technology’s potential stand up to humanity’s most difficult challenges. Will technology solve the problems of climate change, pandemics, cancer, loneliness, unhappiness, and even death? The authors show that techno-hype is all too often accepted because of the horizon bias, i.e. the modern ... Daha fazla okuyun

    TL1.982,39

  • Dialogues on Human Enhancement

    ile Nicholas Agar ...
    Diziler series Philosophical Dialogues on Contemporary Problems
    We face an emerging range of technologies that can be applied to our human natures with the goal of enhancing us. There are nootropic smart drugs and gene editing that influence the development of the brain. The near future promises cybernetic technologies that can be grafted onto our brains and bodies. The challenge for readers of Dialogues on Human Enhancement is to decide how to respond to ... Daha fazla okuyun

    TL3.222,77

  • How to Be Human in the Digital Economy

    ile Nicholas Agar ...
    An argument in favor of finding a place for humans (and humanness) in the future digital economy.In the digital economy, accountants, baristas, and cashiers can be automated out of employment; so can surgeons, airline pilots, and cab drivers. Machines will be able to do these jobs more efficiently, accurately, and inexpensively. But, Nicholas Agar warns in this provocative book, these developments ... Daha fazla okuyun

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  • Truly Human Enhancement

    A Philosophical Defense of Limits

    ile Nicholas Agar ...
    Diziler series Basic Bioethics
    A nuanced discussion of human enhancement that argues for enhancement that does not significantly exceed what is currently possible for human beings.The transformative potential of genetic and cybernetic technologies to enhance human capabilities is most often either rejected on moral and prudential grounds or hailed as the future salvation of humanity. In this book, Nicholas Agar offers a more ... Daha fazla okuyun

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  • The Sceptical Optimist

    Why technology isn't the answer to everything

    ile Nicholas Agar ...
    The rapid developments in technologies -- especially computing and the advent of many 'smart' devices, as well as rapid and perpetual communication via the Internet -- has led to a frequently voiced view which Nicholas Agar describes as 'radical optimism'. Radical optimists claim that accelerating technical progress will soon end poverty, disease, and ignorance, and improve our happiness and well ... Daha fazla okuyun

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  • Humanity's End

    Why We Should Reject Radical Enhancement

    ile Nicholas Agar ...
    Diziler series Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology
    An argument that achieving millennial life spans or monumental intellects will destroy values that give meaning to human lives.Proposals to make us smarter than the greatest geniuses or to add thousands of years to our life spans seem fit only for the spam folder or trash can. And yet this is what contemporary advocates of radical enhancement offer in all seriousness. They present a variety of ... Daha fazla okuyun

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  • This Will Change Everything

    Ideas That Will Shape the Future

    ile John Brockman ...
    Diziler Kitap 6 - Edge Question Series
    “This Will Change Everything offers seemingly radical but actually feasible ideas with the potential to change the world.”—Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and SteelEditor John Brockman continues in the same vein as his popular compilations What Are You Optimistic About and What Have You Changed Your Mind About with This Will Change Everything. Brockman asks 150 ... Daha fazla okuyun

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  • The Transhumanist Reader

    Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future

    Editör: Max More, Natasha Vita-More ...
    The first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the origins and current state of transhumanist thinkingThe rapid pace of emerging technologies is playing an increasingly important role in overcoming fundamental human limitations. Featuring core writings by seminal thinkers in the speculative possibilities of the posthuman condition, essays address key philosophical arguments for and against ... Daha fazla okuyun

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