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Click to view full description | 1. | ASSURED SURVIVAL: PUTTING THE STAR WARS DEFENSE IN PERSPECTIVE Bova, Ben
Boston Houghton Mifflin 1984 Hardcover As New 22 cm.
ABOUT THE BOOK Assured Survival: Putting the Star Wars Defense in Perspective
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| 2. | IMMORTALITY : HOW SCIENCE IS EXTENDING YOUR LIFE SPAN & CHANGING THE WORLD (VOL. 1) Bova, Ben
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 2000
Soft Cover. As New/No Jacket. 5-1/2 x 8. ISBN:0380793180. While this book is about the coming conquest by science of aging and death, it is actually a lively overview of the exciting work being done in biomedical research today. Prolific science-fiction writer Bova, who has some 90 futuristic books to his credit, bases his claim that some people alive today will achieve immortality on his belief that genetic research is progressing so rapidly that within the next 50 years the key to aging, which lies within the body's cells, will inevitably be unlocked. Taking the reader inside the cell to explain current theories about aging and death, Bova, who is singularly adept at interpreting scientific concepts for nonscientists, gives a short and snappy biology lesson on genes, DNA, and cells. For those wanting more information, back-of-the-book essays on bacteria, DNA, and the genetic code expand on the coverage in the main text. Bova then discusses the use of gene therapy for treating diabetes, sickle-cell anemia, cytic fibrosis, Downs syndrome, and cancer and predicts its techniques will become the tool for extending human life once the human genome has been mapped and all the genes involved in aging identified. --- 283 pages
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| 3. | WELCOME TO MOON BASE Bova, Ben
New York Ballantine Books 1987 Hard Cover As New As New Book Jacket out of Print 7-1/2 x 9-1/2"
From Publishers Weekly: With the premise that man returns to the moon in 1999 and establishes a permanent base there by 2020, science fiction author and editor Bova here fashions an intriguing "manual" for pioneers arriving at the lunar community. With 50 detailed illustrations by NASA artist Rawlings, the guidebook covers Moonbase history, architecture, ecology, transportation, science projects, jobs, training, industries, tourism, sports ("lunar jai alai"), entertainment, day-to-day life, duties, rights and laws: "No one is allowed to walk on the surface alone, except in the specially marked 'Moonwalk Lanes.' " Combining fact and fiction in this "future history," Bova presents a compelling and persuasive argument for mankind's continual exploration of the moon and the establishment of a base on the lunar surface. (Book Club edition)
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