Unnatural by Philip Ball
Delves beneath the surface of the cultural history of 'anthropoeia' - the creation of artificial people - to explore what it tells us about our views on life, humanity, creativity and technology, and the soul.
A brave, sane and intellectually nimble account of a topic which only gets more ambiguous with each scientific advanceUnnatural is fascinating and engaging, and a polemic only for cool heads and open hearts when dealing with issues of such serious and profound complexity -- Stuart Kelly * Scotland on Sunday *
This is a fascinating book -- Jonathan Rée * Evening Standard *
Unnatural is a beautifully-written, deeply-intelligent book that will force every reader to rethink at least some of their preconceptions -- Jim Endersby * Sunday Telegraph *
Ball's thoughtful book is a reminder that as we try and deal with how to enable and assist people into being, we need to understand and then conquer our fears surrounding the very idea of making people -- Manjit Kumar * Guardian *
Meticulous, witty and sometimes provocative -- Patrick Skene Catling * Sunday Times *
This is a fascinating book -- Jonathan Rée * Evening Standard *
Unnatural is a beautifully-written, deeply-intelligent book that will force every reader to rethink at least some of their preconceptions -- Jim Endersby * Sunday Telegraph *
Ball's thoughtful book is a reminder that as we try and deal with how to enable and assist people into being, we need to understand and then conquer our fears surrounding the very idea of making people -- Manjit Kumar * Guardian *
Meticulous, witty and sometimes provocative -- Patrick Skene Catling * Sunday Times *
Philip Ball writes regularly in the scientific and popular media and worked for many years as an editor for physical sciences at Nature. His books cover a wide range of scientific and cultural phenomena, and include Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads To Another (winner of the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books), The Music Instinct, Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything, Serving The Reich: The Struggle for the Soul of Science Under Hitler and Invisible: The history of the Unseen from Plato to Particle Physics.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847921529 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847921523 |
| Title | Unnatural |
| Author | Philip Ball |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2011-02-03 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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