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Description
WINNER OF THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2018 Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2017 A 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
A riveting, witty and provocative exploration of transhumanism: the philosophical and technological movement that is working on an update of the human machine
About the Author
Mark O'Connell is a journalist, essayist, and literary critic from Dublin. He is a books columnist for Slate, a staff writer at The Millions, and a regular contributor to the New Yorker's 'Page-Turner' blog and the Dublin Review; his work has been published in the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, and the Observer.
Awards
Winner of Wellcome Trust Book Prize 2018 (UK).
Book Information
ISBN 9781783781980
Author Mark O'Connell
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Granta Books
Publisher Granta Books
Weight(grams) 183g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 15mm
A riveting, witty and provocative exploration of transhumanism: the philosophical and technological movement that is working on an update of the human machine
About the Author
Mark O'Connell is a journalist, essayist, and literary critic from Dublin. He is a books columnist for Slate, a staff writer at The Millions, and a regular contributor to the New Yorker's 'Page-Turner' blog and the Dublin Review; his work has been published in the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, and the Observer.
Awards
Winner of Wellcome Trust Book Prize 2018 (UK).
Book Information
ISBN 9781783781980
Author Mark O'Connell
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Granta Books
Publisher Granta Books
Weight(grams) 183g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 15mm
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