How to grow a human
How to grow a human
- London London William Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019
- xi, 372 pages ; 24 cm
adventures in who we are and how we are made
Introduction: My brain in a dish Chapter 1. Pieces of life : Cells past and present-- Chapter 2. What love has to do with it : Growing humans the old-fashioned way-- First Interlude. The human superorganism : How cells became communities-- Chapter 3. Immortal flesh : How tissues were grown outside the body-- Second Interlude. Heroes and villains : The microbiome, immunity and cancer-- Chapter 4. Twisting fate : How to reprogramme a cell-- Chapter 5. The spare parts factory : Making tissues and organs from reprogrammed cells-- Chapter 6. Flesh of my flesh : Questioning the future of sex and reproduction-- Chapter 7. Hideous progeny? The futures of growing humans-- Third Interlude. Philosophy of the lonely mind : Can a brain exist in a dish?-- Chapter 8. Return of the meatware : Coming to terms with our fleshy selves.--
; A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific developments in cloning, gene-splicing and neural downloading. After seeing his own cells used to grow clumps of new neurons - essentially mini-brains - Philip Ball begins to examine the concepts of identity and consciousness. Delving into humanity's deep evolutionary past to look at how complex creatures like us emerged from single-celled life, he offers a new perspective on how humans think about ourselves. In an age when we are increasingly encouraged to regard the 'self' as an abstract sequence of genetic information, or as a pattern of neural activity that might be 'downloaded' to a computer, I return us to the body - to flesh and blood - and anchor a conception of personhood in this unique and ephemeral mortal coil. How to Build a Human brings us back to ourselves - but in doing so, it challenges old preconceptions and values. It asks us to rethink how we exist in the world.
9780008331788
CLASS R - MEDICINE
Tissue engineering -- Popular works
Tissue culture -- Popular works
Organ culture -- Popular works
Cell transformation -- Popular works
Cytology -- Popular works
Developmental biology -- Popular works
Bioengineering -- Popular works
Self -- Popular works
Mind and body -- Popular works
Human evolution -- Popular works
Bioengineering
Cell transformation
Cytology
Developmental biology
Human evolution
Mind and body
Organ culture
Self
Tissue culture
Tissue engineering
adventures in who we are and how we are made
Introduction: My brain in a dish Chapter 1. Pieces of life : Cells past and present-- Chapter 2. What love has to do with it : Growing humans the old-fashioned way-- First Interlude. The human superorganism : How cells became communities-- Chapter 3. Immortal flesh : How tissues were grown outside the body-- Second Interlude. Heroes and villains : The microbiome, immunity and cancer-- Chapter 4. Twisting fate : How to reprogramme a cell-- Chapter 5. The spare parts factory : Making tissues and organs from reprogrammed cells-- Chapter 6. Flesh of my flesh : Questioning the future of sex and reproduction-- Chapter 7. Hideous progeny? The futures of growing humans-- Third Interlude. Philosophy of the lonely mind : Can a brain exist in a dish?-- Chapter 8. Return of the meatware : Coming to terms with our fleshy selves.--
; A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific developments in cloning, gene-splicing and neural downloading. After seeing his own cells used to grow clumps of new neurons - essentially mini-brains - Philip Ball begins to examine the concepts of identity and consciousness. Delving into humanity's deep evolutionary past to look at how complex creatures like us emerged from single-celled life, he offers a new perspective on how humans think about ourselves. In an age when we are increasingly encouraged to regard the 'self' as an abstract sequence of genetic information, or as a pattern of neural activity that might be 'downloaded' to a computer, I return us to the body - to flesh and blood - and anchor a conception of personhood in this unique and ephemeral mortal coil. How to Build a Human brings us back to ourselves - but in doing so, it challenges old preconceptions and values. It asks us to rethink how we exist in the world.
9780008331788
CLASS R - MEDICINE
Tissue engineering -- Popular works
Tissue culture -- Popular works
Organ culture -- Popular works
Cell transformation -- Popular works
Cytology -- Popular works
Developmental biology -- Popular works
Bioengineering -- Popular works
Self -- Popular works
Mind and body -- Popular works
Human evolution -- Popular works
Bioengineering
Cell transformation
Cytology
Developmental biology
Human evolution
Mind and body
Organ culture
Self
Tissue culture
Tissue engineering
