Living with the Genie : essays on technology and the quest for human mastery / edited by Alan Lightman, Daniel Sarewitz, Christina Desser.

Other author Lightman, Alan P., 1948-
Other author Sarewitz, Daniel R.
Other author Desser, Christina.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington : Island Press, ©2003.
Descriptionviii, 347 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Technology--Social aspects.
Technological innovations--Social aspects.

Contents Literary devices / Richard Powers -- The origin of the genie / Kathy Schick, Nicholas Toth -- Promise and peril / Ray Kurzweil -- Small is powerful / Daniel Sarewitz, Edward Woodhouse -- Your breath is your worst enemy / D. Michelle Addington -- Changing conceptions / Lori B. Andrews -- Technology and death / Richard Rhodes -- Confined to your legs / Gregor Wolbring -- Progress and violence / Shiv Visvanathan -- Science and happiness / Daniel Sarewitz -- What kinds of science should be done? / Philip Kitcher -- The Humpty Dumpty problem / Mitchell Kapor -- Who owns your dinner? / Carl-Gustaf Thornström -- Blowback in genetic engineering / Mark Schapiro -- Only connect / Christina Desser -- The world is too much with me / Alan Lightman.
LCCN 2003016782
ISBN1559634197 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781559634199 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1559635746 (pbk.)
ISBN9781559635745 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks T14.5 .L59 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold