Designing people: A post-human future?

Philosophy and Design: From Engineering to Architecture

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 197-207

  De Melo Martín, Inmaculada ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84892834095     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6591-0_15     Document Type: Chapter

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