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Editor: Chris Hables Gray
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===Overview===
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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.
  
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. It is a highly recommended read for anyone looking into the subject of Cyborg Anthropology.  
  
Articles are written by experts in the field of cybernetics, including [[:Category:Donna Haraway|Donna Haraway]]. This unique work combines scientific fact and science fiction. The bibliography and filmography are invaluable additions. For large public and academic libraries.?Joe Accardi, Northeastern Illinois Univ. Lib., Chicago
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==Related Reading==
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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*[[A Cyborg Manifesto]]
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*[[OncoMouse]]
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*[[Technoscience]]
  
[http://www.amazon.com/Cyborg-Handbook-Chris-Gray/dp/0415908493 Cyborg Handbook on Amazon.com]
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Latest revision as of 23:31, 5 November 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. It is a highly recommended read for anyone looking into the subject of Cyborg Anthropology.

Related Reading

References

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