{"product_id":"9781788163101","title":"Hybrid Humans","description":"\u003cp\u003e*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BARBELLION PRIZE*As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week As seen on Sky Arts Book Club with Elizabeth Day and Andi Oliver An eye-opening account of disability, identity and how robotics and AI are altering our understanding of what it means to be human - from the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Soldier Harry Parker's life changed overnight when he lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. His rehabilitation took him into an often surprising landscape of a very human kind of hacking, and he wondered - are all humans becoming hybrids? Whether it's putting on contact lenses every day or DIY biohackers tinkering in garages, Parker introduces us to the exhilarating breadth of human invention - and intervention. Grappling with his own new identity and disability, he discovers the latest robotics, tech and implants that might lead us to powerful, liberating possibilities for what a body can be. I loved Hybrid Humans. It is modest, wise ... and a way of looking at the future without nostalgia for the past\" - Jeanette Winterson \"This may be a tour of the scientific Avant Garde, but the focus is always on the human heart and mind\" - Observer, Book of the Day\" Harry Parker has explored the cutting edge of interaction between humanity, computing and AI ... a captivating and cautionary travel guide to a new world\" - Gavin Francis, author of Adventures in Human Being\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JUST BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43014540623987,"sku":"9781788163101","price":160.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/files\/81nIPVDlCmL._SL1500.jpg?v=1745577697","url":"https:\/\/readerswarehouse.us\/products\/9781788163101","provider":"Readers Warehouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}