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The Cyborg Handbook <ref>Gray, Chris Hables, ed. The Cyborg Handbook. New York: Routledge, 1995.</ref> is a collection of articles, stories, research papers and essays related to cyborgs in culture. It adapts well to both casual reading and rigorous study, and can be easily adapted for coursework in cyborg ethnography and anthropology in college and university settings.
Authors: Chris Hables Gray, Steven Mentor, and Jennifer Figueroa-Sarriera
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One of society's oldest dreams has been to create a living machine. To most of us, cyborgs are Terminator or Robocop types who combine artificial robotic strength and firepower with human intelligence/cunning. Yet Gray, a 1994-95 NASA Fellow in Aerospace History, has collected writings that explore real cyborgs (or cybernetic organisms) as any entities that mix the mechanical with the organic. Thus, humans with prostheses or implanted pacemakers qualify as cyborgs. This fascinating assemblage of essays, short stories, and research findings covers the role of this incredible modern technology through its varied uses in medicine, space research, and military applications.  
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Articles are written by experts in the field of cybernetics, space travel, culture, health, reproduction and science fiction. The book's contributors include Philip K. Dick, N. Katherine Hayles, Joseph Dumit, Gary Lee Downey, Donna Haraway and Ron Eglash.
  
Articles are written by experts in the field of cybernetics, including [[Donna Haraway]]. This unique work combines scientific fact and science fiction. The bibliography and filmography are invaluable additions.
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Revision as of 00:13, 26 September 2011

Overview

The Cyborg Handbook [1] is a collection of articles, stories, research papers and essays related to cyborgs in culture. It adapts well to both casual reading and rigorous study, and can be easily adapted for coursework in cyborg ethnography and anthropology in college and university settings.

Articles are written by experts in the field of cybernetics, space travel, culture, health, reproduction and science fiction. The book's contributors include Philip K. Dick, N. Katherine Hayles, Joseph Dumit, Gary Lee Downey, Donna Haraway and Ron Eglash.

References

  1. Gray, Chris Hables, ed. The Cyborg Handbook. New York: Routledge, 1995.