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The techno-human condition /

Title
The techno-human condition / Braden Allenby, Daniel Sarewitz.
Author
Allenby, Braden R.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011.

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Additional Authors
Sarewitz, Daniel R.
Description
xi, 222 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Subject
  • Biotechnology
  • Human evolution
  • Technology > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue: what a long, transhuman trip it has already been -- In the cause-and-effect zone -- Level I and II technology : effectiveness, progress, and complexity -- Level III technology : radical contingency in earth systems -- Individuality and incomprehensibility -- Complexity, coherence, contingency -- Killer apps -- In front of our nose.
ISBN
  • 9780262015691 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0262015692 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2010039568
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library