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Title:
The body builders : inside the science of the engineered human
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017]

©2017
Physical Description:
376 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780062347145
Abstract:
A tour of the current revolution in human augmentation explores how the world's most innovative engineers are helping people repair traumatic injuries while transcending physical and mental limitations.
Contents:
Moving. The bionic man who builds bionic people : replicating the way we move ; The birth of Bamm-Bamm : decoding the genome and rewriting it ; The man with the pixie dust : regenerative medicine and the quest to regrow limbs -- Sensing. The woman who can see with her ears : neuroplasticity and learning pills ; Soldiers with Spidey sense : intuition and implicit learning ; The telepathy technician : decoding the brain and imagined speech -- Thinking. the boy who remembers everything : Viagra for the brain ; The surgeon conducting the symphony : DBS and the power of electricity ; Sudden savants : unleashing the inner muse.
Language:
English
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Adult non-fiction book Nonfiction 660.6 PIO 39066036499032
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