ISBN:
9780470714966
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (418 p.)
Series Statement:
Novartis Foundation Symposia
Parallel Title:
Print version Man and His Future
DDC:
573
Keywords:
Anthropology ; Congresses
;
Human beings ; Congresses
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
MAN and his FUTURE; Preface; 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
Description / Table of Contents:
Biological future of manEugenics 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; Bibliography; Members of the symposium; Index;
Note:
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