They used technology to save lives and reduce suffering. In doing so they unwittingly allowed our genome to accumulate noise. The medical issues we live with as a consequence demonstrate that this is not a sustainable reproductive strategy.

It's clear that your genetic engineering violated the ban and that we put ourselves in legal jeopardy by doing it anyway. What's not clear is how your contemporaries will view the use of this technology or how history will view us It is now being published pseudonymously-and posthumously. The letter explains the parents' decision to develop and use genetic technology despite the prohibition. Their goal was not only to keep their heritable diseases from impacting their children but also to create a fundamentally new option for human reproduction.

They argue, in effect, that a ban on human genetic engineering violates their religious freedom. At the request of the authors this letter is being posthumously released to the public.

Though their children are the primary audience, they hope that by sharing their story and world view, it will help to usher in greater public understanding and acceptance of gene technology. It functions as a declaration of intent to the scientific community, a persuasive argument for the general reader, and a personal letter to the authors' children. Part love letter from parents to their children, part manifesto on the potentials of gene editing, part exploration of our individual and collective responsibilities to the entire species, Confessions from the Consortium of Rogue Gene Scientists is a stirring look at the immense potential of the future of genetic research-if we are brave enough to take an unbiased look at ourselves and our biology.

About the AuthorsCharles and Cassandra suffered from hemophilia A and cystic fibroses, respectively. Each of them independently dedicated themselves and their careers to understanding the science behind their conditions.

In the course of their graduate research they met, fell in love, and made the decision to have a family. Founding members of the Consortium of Rogue Gene Scientists, married couple, and doting parents, Charles and Cassandra Doe were vigorous proponents of germline genetic engineering to treat hereditable genetic diseases in the human population. Unable to reap the benefits of their own work they each passed away in what could have been their prime.

Both highly respected scientists in their field, Charles and Cassandra loved each other and their children dearly. Their greatest hope was for the widespread acceptance of germline engineering as a humane way to prevent the proliferation of genetic disease and for the benefit of future generations.

Author : H. A scientist whose experiments have rendered him invisible veers into madness when he cannot change back in this thrilling and influential cornerstone of science fiction. A mysterious visitor to an inn, bundled up from head to toe and with his face covered in bandages, draws the attention and gossip of locals, but their wildest speculations come nowhere near the bizarre truth.

Brilliant, unhinged and full of undirected rage at his fate, what outrageous crimes might an invisible man commit? The Invisible Man first appeared in and has resonated in pop culture ever since, with its title character portrayed as both hero and villain in film, television and graphic novels.

Moreau, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds, appeared over the course of less than five years and mark an extraordinary outpouring of the imagination.

With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Invisible Man is both modern and readable. Sent on a covert mission without the rest of her team, Spartan Linda's skills in infiltration and marksmanship are called upon to end the threat posed by a wanted scientist on a distant planet. With only an ONI AI at her side, Linda must fight through both the dregs of the Covenant and the hostility of a lost human settlement to stop the rogue scientist in his tracks.

Author : David R. Gruber,Lynda C. The Routledge Handbook of Language and Science provides a state-of-the-art volume on the language of scientific processes and communications. This book offers comprehensive coverage of socio-cultural approaches to science, as well as analysing new theoretical developments and incorporating discussions about future directions within the field.

Featuring original contributions from an international range of renowned scholars, as well as academics at the forefront of innovative research, this handbook: identifies common objects of inquiry across the areas of rhetoric, sociolinguistics, communication studies, science and technology studies, and public understanding of science; covers the four key themes of power, pedagogy, public engagement, and materiality in relation to the study of scientific language and its development; uses qualitative and quantitative approaches to demonstrate how humanities and social science scholars can go about studying science; details the meaning and purpose of socio-cultural approaches to science, including the impact of new media technologies; analyses the history of the field and how it positions itself in relation to other areas of study.

Ushering the study of language and science toward a more interdisciplinary, diverse, communal and ecological future, The Routledge Handbook of Language and Science is an essential reference for anyone with an interest in this area.

Author : Eric S. The authors of religious scriptures had little difficulty enhancing sacred narratives with the rhetoric of violence. The phenomenon continues in the habitual linkage of violence and religion in contemporary film, music and literature. The book questions how violent rhetoric shapes belief and values, how audience empathy with violent protagonists can be understood, and the significance of the association of violence with particular religious groups and ideas.

A range of phenomena are analysed, including terrorism in Scripture, apocalyptic texts in film and violence in sport. Author : John Walliss,Kenneth G. The Apocalypse or end times are a recurrent theme within contemporary popular culture.

The essays draw on representations of the apocalypse in heavy metal music, science fiction, disaster movies and anime. The book examines key apocalyptic texts, focusing on their relevance to today. It will be invaluable to all those interested in the religious and cultural impact of apocalyptic thought.

In her final confrontation with the rogue scientist Dr. Chen, Spartan Linda and her AI companion find themselves in a race against time to end the threat posed by the disenfranchised doctor and evacuate the endangered civilian settlement before Covenant forces overwhelm them all. Based on the popular video game series! Raz is born to Konnor and Kate McAllister.

At first, things are normal until Konnor begins acting cruel and careless to Raz by forcing him to work at his casino at just the age of three. Kate, fed up with Konnor's cruelty, secretly moves away to New York. After graduating and getting prepared for college, Raz is kidnapped by evil rogue scientist and transformed into a monster of fate and destiny.

Now he is the ruler of New York and the rest of America, and only one thing is on his mind: his father's death. His months-long hunt of the Romm pack has led him straight to the doorstep of her quiet English home. All he wants is to finally get his kill. Until Flanna. Hiding is safe, but boring. When a strange creature offers them the chance to find an ancient artifact on a "rogue moon" that can do "something wondrous," they jump at the opportunity.

Pursued by Core Empire operatives who want to take Bailey back to Earth for execution and the authorities who want to. In the twenty-ninth century mankind has colonized the stars. The economy in Earth's Central Sphere is booming. With war almost eradicated, the military shifts its focus to anti-terrorism. Jack Hunter and his small team are an off-the-books, covert group tasked with the investigation of these terror groups and the threats they pose to humanity.

Nine stories travel through time and space to share insights into the human—and not so human—experience inthis gripping science fiction anthology from respected author and critic Algis Budrys Through stories of humans mistaken for gods In Rogue Moon , Algis Budrys also presents protagonists with a mysterious, dangerous, alien-built maze, They almost always present challenges of under - standing the mechanisms by which alien places function — at least to the Also outstanding as a novel of identity and obsession is his classic Rogue Moon , about successive attempts by The speckled, bulbous distortion in front of him was what Headquarters, several hundred miles away under The Great Salt Skip to content.

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