More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement

886 Pages·2005·1.95 MB·English

by  Ramez Naam

MORE THAN
HUMAN

Embracing the
Promise of
Biological
Enhancement
Ramez Naam
More Than Human Copyright © 2005, 2010,
2012 by Ramez Naam. All rights reserved.

First edition published 2005 by Broadway
Books, a division of Random House.

ISBN: 978-0-557-58233-4

Table of Contents
Introduction - Healing and
Enhancing
Chapter 1 – Designer Bodies
Chapter 2 – Designer Minds
Chapter 3 – Created Equal
Chapter 4 – Methuselah’s
Genes
Chapter 5 – Designer
Lifespans
Chapter 6 – Methuselah’s
World
Chapter 7 – A Child of
One’s Own
Chapter 8 – Designer
Children
Chapter 9 – The Wired
Brain
Chapter 10 – World Wide
Mind
Chapter 11 – Life Without
Limits
Acknowledgements
References

Introduction -
Healing and
Enhancing
Southern Illinois University Medical
School rises out of the cornfields that
surround the state capital of Springfield,