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Author:

O'Connell, Mark, 1979- author.

Title:

To be a machine : adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death / Mark O'Connell.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Doubleday,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

Humanism.
Medical technology--Social aspects.
Technological innovations--Social aspects.
Prosthesis--Social aspects.
COMPUTERS / Intelligence (AI) & Semantics.
SCIENCE / Biotechnology.
COMPUTERS / Social Aspects / Human-Computer Interaction.

Summary:

"A globe-spanning investigation into the Transhumanist movement, considering the tech billionaires, scientific luminaries, and DIY body-hackers attempting to prolong, improve, and ultimately transcend the limits of human life"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0385540418 (hardback)
9780385540414 (hardback)

LCCN:

2016021725

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)