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How We Became Posthuman : Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics
How We Became Posthuman Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics Literature and Informatics
Author: N. Katherine Hayles
In this age of DNA computers and artificial intelligence, information is becoming disembodied even as the "bodies" that once carried it vanish into virtuality. While some marvel at these changes, envisioning consciousness downloaded into a computer or humans "beamed" Star Trek-style, others view them with horror, seeing monsters brooding ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226321462
ISBN-10: 0226321460
Publication Date: 2/15/1999
Pages: 364
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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