Hybrid humans : dispatches from the frontiers of man and machine / Harry Parker.

  • Parker, Harry, 1983-
Date:
2022
  • Books

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Description

"A gripping, eye-opening account of how technology might be about to alter our understanding of what it means to be human - from the bestselling author of 'Anatomy of a Soldier'. Harry Parker's life changed overnight when he lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. That took him into an often surprising landscape of a very human kind of hacking, and he wondered, are all humans becoming hybrids? Whether it's putting on contact lenses every day or DIY biohackers tinkering in garages, Parker introduces us to the exhilarating breadth of human invention - and intervention. Grappling with his own new identity and disability, he discovers the latest robotics, tech and implants that might lead us to powerful, liberating possibilities for what a body can be."-- From publisher's website. https://wellcomecollection.org/books/YW7YOREAACIANh4F

Publication/Creation

London : Profile Books : Wellcome Collection, 2022.

Physical description

216 pages ; 20 cm

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    AOD /PAR
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781788163101
  • 1788163109