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Human Enhancement

April 9, 2009
Author:
Nick Bostrom, Julian Savulescu
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (2009)

Amazon | To what extent should we use technology to try to make better human beings? Because of the remarkable advances in biomedical science, we must now find an answer to this question.

Human enhancement aims to increase human capacities above normal levels. Many forms of human enhancement are already in use.

Many students and academics take cognition enhancing drugs to get a competitive edge. Some top athletes… read more

Topics: Human Enhancement

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Immortality: How Science Is Extending Your Life Span–and Changing The World

July 16, 2010

Immortality: How Science Is Extending Your Life Span - and Changing The World

Author:
Ben Bova
Publisher:
Harper Perennial (2000)

Amazon | The quest for human immortality is ongoing in science labs around the world, and the possibility is now closer to science fact than fiction, claims Bova, who as a veteran and prolific author of science books (Space Travel, etc.) and SF (Moonwar, etc.) might know. Bova admits that few scientists would agree with that claim but that scientists “are usually not the best predictors of their own… read more

Topics: Biomed/Longevity

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Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto

September 7, 2012
Author:
Stewart Brand
Publisher:
Viking Adult (2009)

An icon of the environmental movement outlines a provocative approach for reclaiming our planet

According to Stewart Brand, a lifelong environmentalist who sees everything in terms of solvable design problems, three profound transformations are under way on Earth right now. Climate change is real and is pushing us toward managing the planet as a whole. Urbanization-half the world’s population now lives in cities, and eighty percent… read more

Topics: Energy | Environment/Climate

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Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Building Robots

February 3, 2011

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Author:
Gareth Branwyn
Publisher:
Que (2003)

If you have an interest in robotics, but not sure how to get started, this could be the right book to get past that hurdle. It covers basic skills like soldering and programming, and steps you through how to build three simple robots.  The reader is gently led through an easy to follow robot building procedure with a list and photo of the parts needed to build the… read more

Topics: AI/Robotics

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Wetware: A Computer in Every Living Cell

October 28, 2012

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Author:
Dennis Bray
Publisher:
Yale University Press (2011)

How does a single-cell creature, such as an amoeba, lead such a sophisticated life? How does it hunt living prey, respond to lights, sounds, and smells, and display complex sequences of movements without the benefit of a nervous system? This book offers a startling and original answer.

In clear, jargon-free language, Dennis Bray taps the findings of the new discipline of systems biology to show that the internal… read more

Topics: AI/Robotics | Biotech | Nanotech/Materials Science

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Python for Kids: A Playful Introduction to Programming

January 31, 2013

Python for Kids

Author:
Jason R. Briggs
Publisher:
No Starch Press (2012)

For Kids Aged 10+ (And Their Parents)
The code in this book runs on almost anything: Windows, Mac, Linux, even an OLPC laptop or Raspberry Pi!

Python is a powerful, expressive programming language that’s easy to learn and fun to use! But books about learning to program in Python can be kind of dull, gray, and boring, and that’s no fun for anyone.

Python for Kids brings Python… read more

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI

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Existence

May 24, 2012

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Author:
David Brin
Publisher:
Tor Books (2012)

Amazon | Bestselling, award-winning futurist David Brin returns to globe-spanning, high concept SF with Existence.

Gerald Livingston is an orbital garbage collector. For a hundred years, people have been abandoning things in space, and someone has to clean it up. But there’s something spinning a little bit higher than he expects, something that isn’t on the decades’ old orbital maps. An hour after he grabs it and brings it in,… read more

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Heart of the Comet

October 26, 2012

Heart of the Comet

Author:
David Brin, Gregory Benford
Publisher:
Lucky Bat Books (2012)

Gregory Benford and David Brin come together again to issue a new edition of their bold collaboration about our near human future in space, planting our boots . . . and staking our destiny . . . on becoming the People of the Comet. Prescient and scientifically accurate, Heart of the Comet is known as one of the great “hard sf” novels of the 1980s. First published in 1986, it tells… read more

Topics: Singularity/Futures | Space

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Stones of Significance

October 26, 2012

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Author:
David Brin
Publisher:
Amazon Digital Services, Inc. (2011)

Heard of the “singularity”? A time of transition that some perceive just ahead of us, when our skill and knowledge and immense computing power transform us into… well… godlike beings? An immense topic! But from a writer’s perspective, it presents a problem. One can write stories leading up to the singularity, about all the problems. (Little things like rebellious AI.) But how do you write a tale set AFTER… read more

Topics: AI/Robotics | Singularity/Futures

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The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom?

July 16, 2010

The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom?

Author:
David Brin
Publisher:
Basic Books (1999)

Amazon | Science fiction writer Brin (The Uplift War) departs from technological fantasy to focus on the social and political ramifications of our information age.

While addressing the technology-vs.-privacy debate, he offers an informed overview of the issues and a useful historical account of how current policies evolved. Also beneficial are his descriptions of the different viewpoints on encryption software, online anonymity, the Clipper Chip and… read more

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Internet/Telecom | Social/Ethical/Legal

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Uplift: The Complete Original Trilogy (Uplift Omnibus Book 1)

October 26, 2012

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Author:
David Brin
Publisher:
Orbit (2012)

Circling the Sun, under the caverns of Mercury, Expedition Sundiver prepares for the most momentous voyage in our history. A journey into the boiling inferno of the sun, to seek our destiny in the cosmic order of life. For in a universe in which no species can reach sentience without being ‘uplifted’ by a patron race, it seems that only mankind has reached for the stars unaided. And now,… read more

Topics: Physics/Cosmology | Space

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The Afterlife of a Restless Soul: But Is God Really a Woman?

April 26, 2013

The Afterlife of a Restless Soul

Author:
John F. Brinster
Publisher:
Outskirts Press (2013)

Outskirts Press of Denver, CO announces the publication of a new book titled The Afterlife of a Restless Soul: But is  God Really a Woman?  by Princeton author, John F Brinster. This is his sixth book written in the past decade in the fields of science and philosophy relating to mind function and behavior.

As a book of fiction, science, and satire it describes how the… read more

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Future Science: Essays from the Cutting Edge

July 22, 2011

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Author:
Max Brockman
Publisher:
Vintage (2011)

Amazon | Editor Max Brockman introduces the work of some of today’s brightest and most innovative young scientists in this fascinating and exciting collection of writings that describe the very boundaries of our knowledge.

Future Science features nineteen young scientists, most of whom are presenting their innovative work and ideas to a general audience for the first time. Featured in this collection are William McEwan, a… read more

Topics: Biomed/Longevity | Cognitive Science/Neuroscience | Computers/Infotech/UI | Physics/Cosmology

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Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?: The Net’s Impact on Our Minds and Future

January 12, 2012

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Author:
John Brockman
Publisher:
Harper Perennial (2011)

Amazon | How is the internet changing the way you think? That is one of the dominant questions of our time, one which affects almost every aspect of our life and future. And it’s exactly what John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to more than 150 of the world’s most influential minds. Brilliant, farsighted, and fascinating, Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think? is an essential guide to the… read more

Topics: Cognitive Science/Neuroscience | Internet/Telecom

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This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking

March 1, 2013

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Author:
John Brockman
Publisher:
Harper Perennial (2012)

Edge.org presents brilliant, accessible, cutting-edge ideas to improve our decision-making skills and improve our cognitive toolkits, with contributions by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Richard Dawkins, Brian Eno, Steven Pinker, and more. Featuring a foreword by New York Times columnist David Brooks and edited by John Brockman, This Will Make You Smarter presents some of the best wisdom from today’s leading thinkers—to make better thinkers out of the leaders of tomorrow.

Kindle version also… read more

Topics: Cognitive Science/Neuroscience | Human Enhancement | Innovation/Entrepreneurship

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