Contributions

  • Peter D. Kramer (Introduction) - Contributor

Publication

2003-03-01 - W. W. Norton & Company

Language

English

Word Count

80,000 words, Guess

Page Count

320 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002015947
  • LibraryThing231221
  • Goodreads2250245

Classifications

  • LCCRA418.3.U6 E455 2003

Description

An examination of "enhancement technologies" in America considers the pervasiveness of self-improvement drugs and procedures in spite of society's general unease about their use.

First Sentence

In 1985, the English physicist Stephen Hawking lost his voice.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets the American DreamW. W. Norton & Company2003-03-01

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