How to Grow a Human : Adventures in Who We are and How We are Made Hardback
by Philip Ball
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A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific developments in genetic editing, cloning and neural downloading. After seeing his own cells used to grow clumps of new neurons - essentially mini-brains - Philip Ball begins to examine the concepts of identity and consciousness.
Delving into humanity's deep evolutionary past to look at how complex creatures like us emerged from single-celled life, he offers a new perspective on how humans think about ourselves. In an age when we are increasingly encouraged to regard the 'self' as an abstract sequence of genetic information, or as a pattern of neural activity that might be 'downloaded' to a computer, he return us to the body - to flesh and blood - and anchors a conception of personhood in this unique and ephemeral mortal coil.
How to Build a Human brings us back to ourselves - but in doing so, it challenges old preconceptions and values.
It asks us to rethink how we exist in the world.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:384 pages
- Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication Date:20/05/2019
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- ISBN:9780008331771
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:384 pages
- Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication Date:20/05/2019
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- ISBN:9780008331771