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The human face has been admired, interpreted, disfigured, decorated, puzzled over, and reconstructed from earliest times. But what do faces mean? How should we interpret expressions? Does the face indicate personality? What makes our faces unique? Far from the world of facelifts and Botox, science is now embarking on undreamed-of facial reconstructiona full-face transplant will soon be available as the ultimate new identity under the FBI's Witness Protection Program. But what will such drastic surgery do to our perception of othersand ourselves?Future Faceis a timely and thought-provoking study. Sandra Kemp, Director of Research at the Royal College of Art, is curator of the 20042005 "Future Face" exhibition at the Science Museum, London.Kemp, Sandra is the author of 'Future Face ', published 2004 under ISBN 9781861977687 and ISBN 1861977689.
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