Science in Popular Culture: A Reference Guide

Author A. Bowdoin Van Riper

Publisher Greenwood Publishing Group

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A. Bowdoin Van Riper

Publisher

Greenwood Publishing Group

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Copyright

2002

ISBN13

9780313077357

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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Overview

This book is a fun look at what can, and can't, be achieved with current technology in today's laboratory experiments.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Contents.
Acknowledgments.
Conventions Used in this Book.
Introduction.
1: Science in Popular Culture.
2: Acceleration.
3: Action and Reaction, Law of.
4: Alternate Worlds.
5: Androids.
6: Atomic Energy.
7: Chimpanzees.
8: Cloning.
9: Comets.
10: Computers.
11: Cryonics.
12: Cyborgs.
13: Darwin, Charles.
14: Death Rays.
15: Dinosaurs.
16: Dolphins.
17: Dreams.
18: Earthquakes.
19: Eclipses.
20: Einstein, Albert.
21: Electricity.
22: Elephants.
23: Epidemics.
24: Evolution.
25: Evolution, Convergent.
26: Evolution, Human.
27: Experiments.
28: Experiments on Self.
29: Extinction.
30: Flying Cars.
31: Food Pills.
32: Franklin, Benjamin.
33: Galileo.
34: Genes.
35: Genetic Engineering.
36: Gorillas.
37: Gravity.
38: Houses, Smart.
39: Ideas, Resistance to.
40: Inertia.
41: Insects.
42: Insects, Giant.
43: Intelligence, Animal.
44: Intelligence, Artificial.
45: Intelligence, Human.
46: Life, Extraterrestrial.
47: Life, Origin of.
48: Lightning.
49: Longevity.
50: Magnetism.
51: Mars.
52: Matter Transmission.
53: Meteorites.
54: Mind Control.
55: Miniaturization.
56: Miracle Drugs.
57: Moon.
58: Mutations.
59: Newton, Isaac.
60: Organ Transplants.
61: Prehistoric Humans.
62: Prehistoric Time.
63: Psychic Powers.
64: Race.
65: Radiation.
66: Relativity.
67: Religion and Science.
68: Reproduction.
69: Robots.
70: Scientific Theories.
71: Sharks.
72: Space Travel, Interplanetary.
73: Space Travel, Interstellar.
74: Speed of Light.
75: Speed of Sound.
76: Superhumans.
77: Time Travel.
78: UFOs.
79: Vacuum.
80: Venus.
81: Volcanoes.
82: Whales.
General Bibliography.
Index.
About the Author.
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