Visions : how science will revolutionize the 21st century /
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Anchor Books,
1998.
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Edition: | 1st Anchor Books trade pbk. ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Visions. Choreographers of matter, life, and intelligence
- The computer revolution. The invisible computer. The intelligent plant. Machines that think. Beyond silicon: cyborgs and the ultimate computer. Second thoughts: will humans become obsolete?
- The biomolecular revolution. Personal DNA codes. Conquering cancer--fixing our genes. Molecular medicine and the mind/body link. To live forever. Playing God: designer children and clones. Second thoughts: the genetics of a brave new world?
- The quantum revolution. The quantum future. To reach for the stars. Toward a planetary civilization. Masters of space and time.