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  • Disembodied Brains

    Understanding our Intuitions on Human-Animal Neuro-Chimeras and Human Brain Organoids

    de John H. Evans ...
    Recent new technologies have brought the realm of science fiction to reality. The development of human-animal neuro-chimeras, which are animals with some component of a human brain, plays into society's long-standing fascination with the crossover between humans and animals. In the same way, the development of human brain organoids-small parts of a human brain grown from harvested human cells ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • We Sang and Whistled Then

    The Glory Years of the American Popular Song

    de John H Evans ...
    There is a magic to music—a feeling created that removes one from the humdrum constraints of everyday life to a wonderful make-believe world where, as famous lyricist E. Y. (Yip) Harburg put it in ‘Over the Rainbow’, troubles melt like lemon drops and dreams really do come true. In this book, you’ll meet the men of the early twentieth century who wrote the most wonderful creative music the world ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • The Human Gene Editing Debate

    de John H. Evans ...
    In 2018 the first genetically modified babies were reportedly born in China, made possible by the invention of CRISPR technology in 2012. This controversial advancement overturned the pre-existing moral consensus, which had held for over fifty years before: while gene editing an adult person was morally acceptable, modifying babies, and thus subsequent generations, crossed a significant moral line ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • What Is a Human?

    What the Answers Mean for Human Rights

    de John H. Evans ...
    What is a human? Are humans those with human DNA, those in possession of traits like rationality, or those made in the image of God? The debate over what makes human beings unique has raged for centuries. Many think that if society accepts the wrong definition of what it is to be human, people will look at their neighbor as more of an animal, object, or machine-making maltreatment more likely. In ... Leer más

    $48.99 USD

  • Ornamental Turning

    A Work of Practical Instruction in the Above Art ; With Numerous Engravings and Autotype Plates

    de John H. Evans ...
    Evans, like his contemporaries, the Holtzapffels, was a manufacturer of high quality lathes; but he was also an accomplished turner and, for 33 years, the author of many articles for English Mechanic, a leading journal of the time. His broad combination of engineering and practical experience, along with his literary skills, makes Ornamental Turning one of the most useful books in the field. ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    The Human Gene Editing Debate

    de John H. Evans ...
    Narrado por Victor Bevine ...

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    5 hora 17 minutos

    In 2018 the first genetically modified babies were reportedly born in China, made possible by the invention of CRISPR technology in 2012. This controversial advancement overturned the pre-existing moral consensus, which had held for over fifty years before: while gene editing an adult person was morally acceptable, modifying babies, and thus subsequent generations, crossed a significant moral line ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • 1922

    Scenes from a Turbulent Year

    de Nick Rennison ...
    1922 was a year of great turbulence and upheaval. Its events reverberated throughout the rest of the twentieth century and still affect us today, 100 years later.Empires fell. The Ottoman Empire collapsed after more than six centuries. The British Empire had reached its greatest extent but its heyday was over. The Irish Free State was declared and demands for independence in India grew. New ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Clock Repairer's Handbook

    de Laurie Penman ...
    Laurie Penman has written an indispensable guide for both the absolute beginner and the experienced clock enthusiast. The Clock Repairer’s Handbook provides information on how to repair and maintain a clock’s delicate mechanics and teaches the basics of clock repairing through detailed, easy-to-follow instructions and more than three hundred instructive diagrams and illustrations. Advice and ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • February House

    The Story of W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers, Jane and Paul Bowles, Benjamin Britten, and Gypsy Rose Lee, Under One Roof in Brooklyn

    de Sherill Tippins ...
    An "irresistible" account of a little-known literary salon and creative commune in 1940s Brooklyn ( The Washington Post Book World).A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the YearFebruary House is the true story of an extraordinary experiment in communal living, one involving young but already iconic writers—and America's best-known burlesque performer—in a house at 7 Middagh Street in Brooklyn. ... Leer más

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  • The Art of Watch Repair - Including Descriptions of the Watch Movement, Parts of the Watch, and Common Stoppages of Wrist Watches

    de Anon ...
    This vintage text contains a detailed guide to watch repair, with descriptions of the watch movement, parts of the watch, and common stoppages of wrist watches. The aim of this text is to describe as clearly as possible how the watch works and how to repair and keep it in order. Complete with step-by-step instructions and helpful illustrations, this volume is ideal for anyone with an interest in ... Leer más

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  • In Two Minds

    A Biography of Jonathan Miller

    de Kate Bassett ...
    In Two Minds is the first comprehensive biography of Jonathan Miller – the story of one of post-war Britain's most intriguing polymaths. Descended from immigrants who fled Tsarist anti-Semitism to become shopkeepers in Ireland and London's East End, Miller was born into an intellectual milieu, between Bloomsbury and Harley Street – the son of a novelist and a leading child psychiatrist. Miller ... Leer más

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