Human enhancement and the emergent technopolitics of the 21st century

Managing Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno Innovations: Converging Technologies in Society

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 285-307

  Hughes, James J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4107-1_18     Document Type: Chapter

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