Science in popular culture : a reference guide / A. Bowdoin Van Riper.
Science in popular culture : a reference guide / A. Bowdoin Van Riper.
Science in popular culture : a reference guide / A. Bowdoin Van Riper.
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Publisher
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N306.45/ 33
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English
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Physical content
xvii, 314 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Science in Popular Culture 1 -- Acceleration 3 -- Action and Reaction, Law of 5 -- Alternate Worlds 7 -- Androids 10 -- Atomic Energy 13 -- Chimpanzees 18 -- Cloning 21 -- Comets 27 -- Computers 30 -- Cryonics 35 -- Cyborgs 38 -- Darwin, Charles 41 -- Death Rays 45 -...
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Publisher
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2002.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2002.
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Summary
"Spaceships travel through time at lightspeed, piloted by human clones and talking animals. Serious injuries are healed with the wave of a medical gizmo. The media makes it all look easy. Can scientists hope to accomplish such amazing feats in the real world, or are they merely flights of fancy? This book is a fun look of what can, and can't, be ac...
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Science in popular culture : a reference guide / A. Bowdoin Van Riper.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-302) and index.
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Other version (online)
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N306.45/ 33
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74VvBPZxZ6wy
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ISBN
0313318220 (alk. paper)
9780313318221 (alk. paper)
DDC
306.45
MMS ID
991016327789702626
