Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over The Edge
Encyclopedia
Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition is a non-fiction book by Ed Regis
, an American
author and educator, that presents a lighthearted look at scientific visionaries planning for a future with "post-biological" people, space colonization
, nanotechnology
, and cryonics
.
Ed Regis (author)
Ed Regis is an American author and educator. He specializes in books and articles about science, philosophy and intelligence. His topics have included nanotechnology, transhumanism and biological warfare...
, an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
author and educator, that presents a lighthearted look at scientific visionaries planning for a future with "post-biological" people, space colonization
Space colonization
Space colonization is the concept of permanent human habitation outside of Earth. Although hypothetical at the present time, there are many proposals and speculations about the first space colony...
, nanotechnology
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres...
, and cryonics
Cryonics
Cryonics is the low-temperature preservation of humans and animals who can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine, with the hope that healing and resuscitation may be possible in the future. Cryopreservation of people or large animals is not reversible with current technology...
.