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020 a| 9780857853547 (hardback);

020 a| 0857853546 (hardback);

020 a| 9780857853554 (pbk.);

020 a| 0857853554 (pbk.);

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035 a| 99955954820;

035 a| (OCoLC)795629855;

050 4 a| NK1510b| .F79 2012;

082 04 a| 745.42| 23;

100 1 a| Fry, Tony.=| ^A794480;

245 10 a| Becoming human by design /c| Tony Fry.;

250 a| English ed.;

260 a| London ;a| New York :b| Berg,c| 2012.;

300 a| ix, 262 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 20 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

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520 8 a| The last in Tony Fry's celebrated trilogy of books continues his radical rethinking of design. 'Becoming Human by Design's' provocative argument presents a revised reading of human 'evolution' centred on ontological design. Examining the relation of design to the nature of the human species - where the species came from, how it was created, what it became and its likely future - Fry asserts that current biological and social models of evolution are an insufficient explanation of how 'we humans' became what we are. Making a case for ontological design as an evolutionary agency, the book posits the relation between the formation of the world of human fabrication and the making of mankind itself as indivisible. It also functions as a provocation to rethink the fate of Homo sapiens, recognising that all species are finite and that the fate of humankind turns on a fundamental Darwinian principle - adapt or die. Fry considers the nature of adaptation, arguing that it will depend on an ability to think and design in new ways.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-253) and index.;

650 0 a| Design.=| ^A17242;

650 0 a| Human evolution.=| ^A7628;

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Becoming human by design / Tony Fry.

Author/creator	Fry, Tony
Format	Book
Edition	English ed.
Publication Info	London ; New York : Berg, 2012.
Description	ix, 262 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Subjects	Design. Human evolution.

Summary	The last in Tony Fry's celebrated trilogy of books continues his radical rethinking of design. 'Becoming Human by Design's' provocative argument presents a revised reading of human 'evolution' centred on ontological design. Examining the relation of design to the nature of the human species - where the species came from, how it was created, what it became and its likely future - Fry asserts that current biological and social models of evolution are an insufficient explanation of how 'we humans' became what we are. Making a case for ontological design as an evolutionary agency, the book posits the relation between the formation of the world of human fabrication and the making of mankind itself as indivisible. It also functions as a provocation to rethink the fate of Homo sapiens, recognising that all species are finite and that the fate of humankind turns on a fundamental Darwinian principle - adapt or die. Fry considers the nature of adaptation, arguing that it will depend on an ability to think and design in new ways.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-253) and index.
ISBN	9780857853547 (hardback)
ISBN	0857853546 (hardback)
ISBN	9780857853554 (pbk.)
ISBN	0857853554 (pbk.)

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