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Science in Popular Culture: A Reference Guide
Author
A. Bowdoin Van Riper
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Greenwood Publishing Group
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eBook
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Author
A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Publisher
Greenwood Publishing Group
Volume
Copyright
2002
ISBN13
9780313077357
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eBook
Grade Level
9th Grade - College Senior
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TBD
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This book is a fun look at what can, and can't, be achieved with current technology in today's laboratory experiments.
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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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