The Resource Chasing Captain America : how advances in science, engineering, and biotechnology will produce a superhuman, E. Paul Zehr
Chasing Captain America : how advances in science, engineering, and biotechnology will produce a superhuman, E. Paul Zehr
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- Summary
- "Could we create a real-life superhero by changing human biology itself? The form and function of the human body, once entirely delimited by nature, are now fluid concepts thanks to recent advances in biomedical science and engineering. Professor, author, and comic book enthusiast E. Paul Zehr uses Marvel's Captain America -- an ordinary man turned into an extraordinary hero, thanks to a military science experiment -- as an entry-point to this brave new world of science, no longer limited to the realm of fiction. With our ever-expanding scientific and technological prowess, human biological adaptability is now in our fallible human hands. Thanks to the convergence of biology, engineering, and technology, we can now alter our abilities through surgery, pharmaceutical enhancement, technological fusion, and genetic engineering. Written in an accessible manner, Chasing Captain America explores these areas and more, asking what the real limits of being human are, how far we should bend those limits, and how we may be forced to reshape human biology if we are to colonize planets like Mars."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 216 pages
- Contents
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- Foreword
- Prelude
- News flash
- Superhero science project
- Human!
- Shape!
- Muscles in motion!
- Think!
- Longevity!
- Creating Captain America
- Behold the future!
- Pre-evolving humantiy for future frontiers
- The ethical implications of Captain America
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9781770411999
- Label
- Chasing Captain America : how advances in science, engineering, and biotechnology will produce a superhuman
- Title
- Chasing Captain America
- Title remainder
- how advances in science, engineering, and biotechnology will produce a superhuman
- Statement of responsibility
- E. Paul Zehr
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Could we create a real-life superhero by changing human biology itself? The form and function of the human body, once entirely delimited by nature, are now fluid concepts thanks to recent advances in biomedical science and engineering. Professor, author, and comic book enthusiast E. Paul Zehr uses Marvel's Captain America -- an ordinary man turned into an extraordinary hero, thanks to a military science experiment -- as an entry-point to this brave new world of science, no longer limited to the realm of fiction. With our ever-expanding scientific and technological prowess, human biological adaptability is now in our fallible human hands. Thanks to the convergence of biology, engineering, and technology, we can now alter our abilities through surgery, pharmaceutical enhancement, technological fusion, and genetic engineering. Written in an accessible manner, Chasing Captain America explores these areas and more, asking what the real limits of being human are, how far we should bend those limits, and how we may be forced to reshape human biology if we are to colonize planets like Mars."--
- Assigning source
- Amazon.com
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Zehr, E. Paul
- Dewey number
- 660.6/5
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QH442
- LC item number
- .Z44 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- QU 550
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Genetic engineering
- Biotechnology
- Human biology
- Bioengineering
- Genetic Engineering
- Popular Works
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics
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- Chasing Captain America : how advances in science, engineering, and biotechnology will produce a superhuman, E. Paul Zehr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Foreword -- Prelude -- News flash -- Superhero science project -- Human! -- Shape! -- Muscles in motion! -- Think! -- Longevity! -- Creating Captain America -- Behold the future! -- Pre-evolving humantiy for future frontiers -- The ethical implications of Captain America -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- MSTDDAPRINT1003822036
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 216 pages
- Isbn
- 9781770411999
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- Other control number
- 9781770411999
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Chasing Captain America : how advances in science, engineering, and biotechnology will produce a superhuman, E. Paul Zehr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Foreword -- Prelude -- News flash -- Superhero science project -- Human! -- Shape! -- Muscles in motion! -- Think! -- Longevity! -- Creating Captain America -- Behold the future! -- Pre-evolving humantiy for future frontiers -- The ethical implications of Captain America -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- MSTDDAPRINT1003822036
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 216 pages
- Isbn
- 9781770411999
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 9781770411999
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- illustrations
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