Man and his future
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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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A Ciba Foundation volume
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Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470715291 |
Item Description: | Proceedings of a conference sponsored by the Ciba Foundation. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (vi, 409 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-391) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780470714966 0470714964 |
Index Number: | GN62 |
CLC: | Q987-54 |
Contents: |
The future of man: evolutionary aspects / Agricultural productivity in relation to population / Sophisticated diets and man's health / World resources -- Control of reproduction in mammals / The sex-ratio in human populations / World population -- Growth and development of social groups / Man's relationship to his environment / Machines and societies / Sociological aspects -- The promise of medical science / Future of infectious and malignant diseases / Longevity of man and his tissues / Health and disease -- Genetic progress by voluntarily conducted germinal choice / Biological future of man / Eugenics and genetics -- Potentialities in the control of behaviour / Future of the mind / Future of the mind -- Biological possibilities for the human species in the next ten thousand years / Ethical considerations. |