by Ed Regis · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140149654
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«Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition» is the science essay by Ed Regis, published by Penguin in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Ed Regis documents real scientists bent on creating artificial life, building time machines, dismantling the Sun or faxing human minds across the galaxy. The journey, with humor, includes mambo chickens raised in intense gravity and nanotechnological speculations about 'grey goo'.
Work originally published in 1990; this October 1992 edition is part of the Penguin Science series and carries the subtitle 'Science Slightly Over the Edge'.
For readers curious about science popularization and the most unusual research, with a humorous approach.
Edward Regis, Jr — known as Ed Regis — is an American philosopher, educator and author. He specializes in books and articles about science, philosophy and intelligence. His topics have included nanotechnology, transhumanism and biological warfare. His articles have appeared in several scientific magazines, including Scientific American, Harper's Magazine, Wired, Discover, The New York Times, Journal of Philosophy, Ethics and the American Philosophical Quarterly.
