Nanotechnology, the Brain, and the Future

Our brain is the source of everything that makes us human: language, creativity, rationality, emotion, communication, culture, politics. The neurosciences have given us, in recent decades, fundamental new insights into how the brain works and what that means for how we see ourselves as individuals and as communities. Now - with the help of new advances in nanotechnology - brain science proposes to go further: to study its molecular foundations, to repair brain functions, to create mind-machine interfaces, and to enhance human mental capacities in radical ways. This book explores the convergence of these two revolutionary scientific fields and the implications of this convergence for the future of human societies. In the process, the book offers a significant new approach to technology assessment, one which operates in real-time, alongside the innovation process, to inform the ways in which new fields of science and technology emerge in, get shaped by, and help shape human societies.

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From the reviews:
"The text goes through a review of new technology relating to biophysical, electronic, neurophysiology, and cognitive enhancement pertaining to this burgeoning field of Nanotechnology as relating to brain research. The authors do an excellent job on discussing some of the moral, ethical, and religious discussions now being made with reference to this subject. ... I highly recommend this book to all audiences." (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, November, 2013)

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Clark A. Miller (Editore), Ira Bennett (Editore), Sean A. Hays (Editore), Jason Scott Robert (Editore), Jason Scott Robert (Editore), Jaso Scott Robert (Editore), Clark A Miller et al (Editore)
• Editore: Springer Netherlands
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 01.01.2014
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9789401784139
• ISBN: 978-94-0-178413-9
• Numero di pagine: 400
• Illustrazioni: XII, 400 p.
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.5 x 2.1 x 23.5 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 629 g
• Serie: Yearbook of Nanotechnology in Society > 03; Yearbook of Nanotechnology in Society
• Categorie: B, Neurologie und klinische Neurophysiologie, Neurowissenschaften, Wissenschaftsphilosophie und -theorie, Neurology, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Science, engineering, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Neurosciences, Nanotechnology, Zoology, Philosophy and science, Microsystems and MEMS, Nanotechnology and Microengineering, Neurobiology