The Biological Time Bomb [FIRST SIGNET EDIITION, FIRST PRINTING] [VINTAGE 1969]
Taylor, Gordon Rattray
From Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since 20 March 2019
From Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 20 March 2019
About this Item
Near fine unread condition color illustrated softcover wraps. Includes Author Dedication; Author's Note and Index. Some light foxing to the side page edges, covers and endpapers; the volume is otherwise in fine unread condition (see photographs). All pages are in unmarked condition and the spine/binding is in exceedingly tight and square unread condition (see photographs). "Rivals The Naked Ape. of much wider and immediate importance" - Natural history, eternal life, brains without bodies, genetic warfare; all part of mankind's glorious future .or total destruction." - from the front outer cover. "If you're around just ten years from now, you may marry a semi-artificial man or woman, choose your children's sex, tune out pain, change your memories, and live to be 150. If the scientific revolution doesn't destroy us first. Babies in test tubes? Heart and organ transplants as a matter of routine? Death - indefinitely postponed? Brains without bodies? Genetic warfare and "Doomsday" bugs? Drugs that make you sane - or drive you mad? With the biological time bomb set to explode within thenext half century, will we see a "brave new world" - or a hell on earth? In this fascinating and important book, Gordon Rattray Taylor, of of today's best-known scientific journalists, provides a startling survey of the Biological Revolution which is almost upon us. from the DNA story, genetic surgery, and deep-freeze postponement of death, to the outer limits of our future - if we have one." - from the rear outer cover. "AN IMPORTANT BOOK. I know of no other like it." - Nobel Prize-winner, ALbert Szent Gyorgi, M.D. "Remarkable. fascinating and disturbing." - The Book-ofthe-Month Club News. Seller Inventory # 007817
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Biological Time Bomb [FIRST SIGNET ...
Publisher: A Signet Book / The New American Library, New York
Publication Date: 1969
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
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