FUTURE HUMANS

Book ID/图书代码： 11180020C00164

English Summary/英文概要： What is transhumanism? What is AI? Are these good developments or bad ones? How might immortality be possible? And should we even want to live forever? Get the facts and make up your own mind on these and more questions related to enhanced human potential with Future Humans, part of the new What’s the Issue? series.

What does it really mean to be human? In the future, might we be forced to rethink the answer? In this fascinating book, explore these questions through topics like:

Prosthetics and implants
Plastic surgery
Performance drugs
External memory
Genetic modifications
Nanotechnology
Smart drugs (cognitive enhancers)
Cyborgs
Bioprinting

The What’s the Issue? series tackles engaging, thought-provoking subjects chosen from the headlines and public debates. What’s the Issue? asks ‘what’s all the fuss about?’, presents the key facts, reviews what’s at stake in each case and weighs the pros and cons. The goal of the series is to help young people understand difficult concepts, provide them with the tools to inform their own opinions and help them to see and influence changes within our society.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 什么是超人类主义? 何谓人工智能? 这些发展对我们社会是利还是弊? 永生怎么可能? 我们是否应该长生不老? 了解事实，并在这些以及更多关于‘未来人类’提高人类潜能的问题上，做出你自己的判断。

成为人类到底意味着什么?在未来，我们是否会不得不重新思考这个答案?在这本迷人的书中，通过如下主题来探讨这些问题:

外科修复假肢和植入
整形外科
兴奋剂
外部储存器
改造基因
纳米技术
智能药物(认知增强剂) 机器人
生物打印 (Sandy)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 汤姆杰克逊(Tom Jackson)从事写作生涯有20年。著书百部有余，参与编著更多作品，包括从生物学蝾螈到琐罗亚斯德教(拜火教)。他的专业领域涉及自然历史，技术和所有关科学。汤姆在布里斯托尔大学就读动物学，曾在动物园工作过一段时间，本人还是一名(自然环境，野生动植物)保护主义者。他清理过北极熊的粪便，喂养过企业，在萨默塞特郡植树，调研过越南丛林，在非洲的干旱中拯救野生动物。为写作汤姆还去过加拉帕戈斯群岛，亚马逊雨林，印度尼西亚珊瑚礁和撒哈拉沙漠。作者目前和妻儿定居英格兰的布里斯托尔。

Tom Jackson is a science writer based in Bristol, UK. Over the last 20 years, Tom has written books, magazine and newspaper articles, for online and for television on a wide range of subjects and has worked on projects with Brian May, Patrick Moore, Marcus de Sautoy and Carol Vorderman and for major international publishers, such as Dorling Kindersley, National Geographic, Scholastic, Hachette, Facts on File and BBC Magazines.

Cristina Guitian is an illustrator living and working in London. Her distinct style of hand-drawn characters and typography creates surreal worlds filled with hybrid creatures that won her a Bronze Award, Best of British illustration in 2009. Cristina has also created installations for Victoria Revealed, a permanent exhibition at Kensington Palace, and has been featured in the prestigious D&DA Annual.

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