To Be a Machine

WINNER OF THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2018Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2017A stunning new non-fiction voice tackles an urgent question... what next for mankind?'Troubling and humorous, this is one of my current give-it-to-everyone books - I buy six copies at a time'Jeanette Winterson

About the author

Mark O'Connell is the author of Notes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back, as well as To Be A Machine, which won the Wellcome prize, and was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford prize. He is a journalist, essayist, and literary critic from Dublin.

Product details

• Authors: Mark O'Connell
• Assisted by: Mark O'Connell (Editor), Max Porter (Editor)
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781783781980
• ISBN: 978-1-78378-198-0
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Robotics, popular science, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Robotics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Information technology industries, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies