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T�tulo

Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human

Editor

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

Fecha de publicaci�n

2005

Idioma

Ingl�s

ISBN 10

0618378294

ISBN 13

9780618378296

Encuadernaci�n

Hardcover

Edici�n

y First Edition, 1st. Imp.

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AS NEW/AS NEW/AS NEW

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Describes the experiences of a man who loses his hearing in his thirties and receives a computer chip implant that allows him to regain that sense, while exploring the ethical and philosophical implications of becoming cybernetic.

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Michael Chorost has a B.A. from Brown University and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in San Francisco, where he writes, teaches, and consults.

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