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Revolutionary experiments : the quest for immortality in Bolshevik science and fiction /

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Main Author: Krement͡sov, N. L.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Literature and science > Soviet Union.
Biology > Soviet Union > Experiments.
Immortality in literature.
Biology in literature.
Science fiction, Russian > 20th century > History and criticism.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: science and fiction
  • "The Ray of Life": science in revolutions
  • "Professor's Head": isolated organs
  • "Neither life, nor death": anabiosis
  • "The Billionaire's Last Will": hormones and institutions
  • "The Dog's Heart" and monkey glands
  • Quo vadimus?: human biology and human destiny
  • Epilogue: an unending quest.