Susan Greenfield explores how the "human nature" of future generations could be on course for a dramatic alteration, arguing that the current revolution in biomedical science and information technologies will have a huge impact on our brains and central nervous system. She believes that the society in which future generations will live and the way they view themselves will be like nothing our species has yet experienced in the tens of thousands of years to date. At the beginning of the 21st century, we may be standing on the brink of a makeover far more cataclysmic than anything that has happened before. As we appreciate the dynamism and sensitivity of our brain circuitry, so the prospect of directly tampering with the essence of our individuality becomes a possibility.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Baroness Greenfield is a distinguished scientist, broadcaster, writer and best selling author of 'Private Life of the Brain' (2000) Penguin. She is a Professor of Pharmacology at Oxford, which she holds jointly with her position as Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherAllen Lane
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0713996315
- ISBN 13 9780713996319
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages304
-
Rating