As Man Becomes Machine The Evolution Of The Cyborg
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As Man Becomes Machine
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Author : David M. Rorvik
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
As Man Becomes Machine written by David M. Rorvik and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Artificial organs categories.
As Man Becomes Machine
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Author : David M. Rorvik
language : en
Publisher: Abacus
Release Date : 1971
As Man Becomes Machine written by David M. Rorvik and has been published by Abacus this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Artificial organs categories.
The Evolution Of Man Revisited
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Author : Dr. Michael Lesser
language : en
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Release Date : 2018-11-29
The Evolution Of Man Revisited written by Dr. Michael Lesser and has been published by Dorrance Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-29 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The Evolution of Man Revisited Man Becomes Machine By: Dr. Michael Lesser The Evolution of Man Revisited: Man Becomes Machine is a scientific/philosophical treatise on evolution, but with a difference: Dr Michael F Lesser is more concerned with the prospects of evolution than the past of evolution. In cogently argued prose, he shows how man has evolved as a thinking organism and posits some ideas about how this process may continue in the future, with the advantage of looking back to his original book (out of print, Vantage Press, Copyright 1991. Library of Congress, Catalog 90-91364). Wondering how modern medicine has altered gene pools, allowing individuals that in the past would have perished in the process of natural selection to survive and reproduce, he sees new problems ahead of man. However, with faith in man’s adaptive abilities, he also sees great possibilities, as will his readers.
Cyborg
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Author : Marie O'Mahony
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Cyborg written by Marie O'Mahony and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Science categories.
'Cyborg', from the Greek for 'steersman' combined with 'organism', was coined in the mid-20th century to describe the new human who would be required for space travel - enhanced by mechanical, chemical or electronic means, he or she would be half-human, half-machine. This excitingly-illustrated book discusses the astonishing changes in biotechnology that make the cyborg seem more science fact than science fiction. Soon we could all be Superman or Wonderwoman. What will this mean to us as individuals? How will it affect society? The author reminds us that the yearning for immortality and superpowers is as ancient as the human race; it's just that these now seem within our reach. We are guided on a journey through metamorphoses old and new, fictional and factual - from werewolves to genetic engineering, from Dr Frankenstein to a professor's arm controlled by another's thoughts, from the androids of science fiction to a real robot sensitive to human moods.
The Evolution Of Man
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Author : Michael F. Lesser
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991-10-01
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Cyborg
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Author : Marie O'Mahony
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback
Release Date : 2002-10-01
Cyborg written by Marie O'Mahony and has been published by Turtleback this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-01 with categories.
With the astounding advances in biotechnology, superhuman powers that were once the stuff of legend or comic-strip fantasy now seem within our reach. Science fiction is fast becoming science fact, and many believe that the cyborg, an organism enhanced by mechanical, electronic, or chemical means, will produce the next leap forward in human evolution. Ever since Daedalus strapped on wings, human beings have invented countless ways of overcoming their bodily limitations. Today silicone or collagen implants and plastic joints and valves cheat the aging process. Sophisticated medicines, pacemakers, and organ transplants defy death; and genetic engineering promises to bring major breakthroughs. With the harnessing of brain waves, paralyzed limbs will move again, and artificial limbs will do exactly what the wearer wants. Marie O'Mahony is the guide on this amazing and excitingly illustrated voyage through metamorphoses, fictional and factual, from werewolves to cloning, from Frankenstein's monster to the scientist whose arm is controlled by another's thoughts, from the enhanced humans of science fiction to Cog, the robot sensitive to human moods. The implications of the innovations to come, whether for good or evil, are also considered. What would it mean to be human if robots could do all the work? If our brains could be transplanted or uploaded, our worn-out bodies rejuvenated and beautified, and our natural powers and senses enhanced or manipulated? What if we could live forever?
Rise Of The Machines A Cybernetic History
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Author : Thomas Rid
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2016-06-28
Rise Of The Machines A Cybernetic History written by Thomas Rid and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-28 with Technology & Engineering categories.
"Dazzling.” —Financial Times As lives offline and online merge even more, it is easy to forget how we got here. Rise of the Machines reclaims the spectacular story of cybernetics, one of the twentieth century’s pivotal ideas. Springing from the mind of mathematician Norbert Wiener amid the devastation of World War II, the cybernetic vision underpinned a host of seductive myths about the future of machines. Cybernetics triggered blissful cults and military gizmos, the Whole Earth Catalog and the air force’s foray into virtual space, as well as crypto-anarchists fighting for internet freedom. In Rise of the Machines, Thomas Rid draws on unpublished sources—including interviews with hippies, anarchists, sleuths, and spies—to offer an unparalleled perspective into our anxious embrace of technology.
The Enlightenment Cyborg
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Author : Allison Muri
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2007-01-01
The Enlightenment Cyborg written by Allison Muri and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Social Science categories.
For many cultural theorists, the concept of the cyborg - an organism controlled by mechanic processes - is firmly rooted in the post-modern, post-industrial, post-Enlightenment, post-nature, post-gender, or post-human culture of the late twentieth century. Allison Muri argues, however, that there is a long and rich tradition of art and philosophy that explores the equivalence of human and machine, and that the cybernetic organism as both a literary figure and an anatomical model has, in fact, existed since the Enlightenment. In The Enlightenment Cyborg, Muri presents cultural evidence - in literary, philosophical, scientific, and medical texts - for the existence of mechanically steered, or 'cyber' humans in the works seventeenth- and eighteenth-century thinkers. Muri illustrates how Enlightenment exploration of the notion of the 'man-machine' was inextricably tied to ideas of reproduction, government, individual autonomy, and the soul, demonstrating an early connection between scientific theory and social and political thought. She argues that late twentieth-century social and political movements, such as socialism, feminism, and even conservatism, are thus not unique in their use of the cyborg as a politicized trope. The Enlightenment Cyborg establishes a dialogue between eighteenth-century studies and cyborg art and theory, and makes a significant and original contribution to both of these fields of inquiry.
Cyborg
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Author : Daniel Stephen Halacy
language : en
Publisher: New York : Harper & Row,k [1965]
Release Date : 1965
Cyborg written by Daniel Stephen Halacy and has been published by New York : Harper & Row,k [1965] this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Artificial organs categories.
A look into the future of the man-machine system.
Machine Dreams
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Author : Philip Mirowski
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002
Machine Dreams written by Philip Mirowski and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Business & Economics categories.
This is the first cross-over book into the history of science written by an historian of economics. It shows how 'history of technology' can be integrated with the history of economic ideas. The analysis combines Cold War history with the history of postwar economics in America and later elsewhere, revealing that the Pax Americana had much to do with abstruse and formal doctrines such as linear programming and game theory. It links the literature on 'cyborg' to economics, an element missing in literature to date. The treatment further calls into question the idea that economics has been immune to postmodern currents, arguing that neoclassical economics has participated in the deconstruction of the integral 'self'. Finally, it argues for an alliance of computational and institutional themes, and challenges the widespread impression that there is nothing else besides American neoclassical economic theory left standing after the demise of Marxism.