Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human

Chorost, Michael

ISBN 10: 0618378294 / ISBN 13: 9780618378296

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), 2005

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HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2005* Publisher: Houghton Miflin.* Binding and cover condition: Quarter bound, orange paper cover, gilt title to dark brown spine strip. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. AS NEW.* Jacket condition: B/w photo-illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of $24.00. No shelf wear to top or bottom edges, minimal shelf wear to head & tail of spine. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: A few b/w reproductions within text throughout.* Pages: 195 pp. text. xxxvii pp. appendices, notes, bibliography, acknowledgements & index at rear.* Description: Michael Chorost went completely deaf in his thirties and rather than live in silence he chose to have a computer surgically embedded in his skull, artificially restoring his hearing. This is the story of his journey, from silence to hearing, from human to cyborg, and how it transformed him. As Chorost reveals in a witty, poignant and perceptive memoir, when a human can plug himself directly into a CD player, can upgrade his hearing with new software, it forces him to confront what it means to be human in a machine age.* A FINE, AS NEW, copy of the 1st.edition, 1st. imp. with NO VISIBLE FAULTS.* 2005-06-02.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618378294
• ISBN 13: 9780618378296
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: y First Edition, 1st. Imp.
• Condition: AS NEW/AS NEW/AS NEW
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Synopsis

Describes the experiences of a man who loses his hearing in his thirties and receives a computer chip implant that allows him to regain that sense, while exploring the ethical and philosophical implications of becoming cybernetic.

About the Author

Michael Chorost has a B.A. from Brown University and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in San Francisco, where he writes, teaches, and consults.