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Unnatural selection

Unnatural selection the challenges of engineering tomorrow's people / [electronic resource] : edited by Peter Healey and Steve Rayner. - London ; Sterling, Va. : Earthscan, 2009. - xiv, 273 p. : ill. - Science in society series . - Science in society series. .

Based on a conference entitled "Tomorrow's People: the Challenges of Technologies for Life Extension and Enhancement" which was organized by the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization at Oxford University's Sa�id Business School and held in Oxford in 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-264) and index.

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. One world or several? -- pt. 3. The nature of human natures -- pt. 4. Longer? -- pt. 5. Stronger? -- pt. 6. Smarter? -- pt. 7. Happier? -- pt. 8. Fairer? -- pt. 9. Governable? -- pt. 10. Postscript.




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9781849773669 (ebook : PDF)


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