Evolution Isn't What it Used to Be: the Augmented Animal and the Whole Wired World - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Anderson, Walter Truett

ISBN 10: 0716729989 / ISBN 13: 9780716729983

Verlag: W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 1996

Beschreibung

A Fine first Printing of the First Edition in an also Fine dust-jacket; Evolution isn't what it used to be. The Augmented Animal and the Whole Wired World by Walter Truett Anderson explores how technology has changed the way we view and interact with animals. He discusses recent advancements in nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, and biotechnology that have altered the way we view and interact with animals. Anderson provides examples of how these technologies are changing the way we view and interact with animals and how this is impacting our society.; 8vo; 223 pages.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 56799

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Evolution Isn't What it Used to Be: the Augmented Animal and the Whole Wired World - 1st Edition/1st Printing
• Verlag: W. H. Freeman and Company, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0716729989
• ISBN-13: 9780716729983
• Einband: 1/4 Cloth
• Auflage: First Edition; First Printing.
• Zustand: Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

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Inhaltsangabe

This work argues that humans are converging with technology and vice versa, using genetic engineering and biotechnology, computer devices and human information systems as examples. Themes examined include: eugenics, ecology, Greening industry, and moving into the bio-information society.