Dewey Decimal791.45/72
Table Of ContentFOREWORD by Cosima Herter INTRODUCTION: Welcome to the trip CHAPTER ONE: "How many of us are there?" The history & science of clones CASE STUDY: Sarah Manning CASE STUDY: Alison Hendrix CHAPTER TWO: "There's only one of me" Nature versus nurture CASE STUDY: Cosima Niehaus CHAPTER THREE: "You're just a bad copy of me" Kendall Malone: one person, two cell lines CASE STUDY: Elizabeth Childs CASE STUDY: Tony Sawicki CHAPTER FOUR: "This is my biology, my decision" Synthetic biology and human experimentation CASE STUDY: Helena CHAPTER FIVE: "My poor, poor Rachel" Rachel's brain injury CASE STUDY: Rachel Duncan CHAPTER SIX: "Your little girls are dying" The clone disease CASE STUDY: M.K. (Veera Suominen) CASE STUDY: Krystal Goderitch CHAPTER SEVEN: "And we, here, shall drink from the fountain first" Prolongevity and regeneration THE CONVERSATION: Graeme Manson and Cosima Herter Glossary Orphan Black and History: A Timeline Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments
SynopsisThe official guide to the crazy science of Orphan Black With exclusive insights from the show's co-creator Graeme Manson and science consultant Cosima Herter, The Science of Orphan Black takes you behind the closed doors of the Dyad Institute and inside Neolution. Authors Casey Griffin and Nina Nesseth decode the mysteries of Orphan Black ; from the history of cloning, epigenetics, synthetic biology, chimerism, the real diseases on which the clone disease is based, and the transhumanist philosophies of Neolution, to what exactly happens when a projectile pencil is shot through a person's eye and into their brain. In full color, this must-have companion to the Peabody Award winning show covers all five seasons and includes a foreword by the "Real Cosima.", An official guide to the crazy science of Orphan Black Delve deeper into the scientific terms and theories at the core of the Peabody-winning, cult favourite show. With exclusive insights from the show's co-creator Graeme Manson and science consultant Cosima Herter, The Science of Orphan Black takes you behind the closed doors of the Dyad Institute and inside Neolution. Authors Casey Griffin and Nina Nesseth decode the mysteries of Orphan Black -- from the history of cloning, epigenetics, synthetic biology, chimerism, the real diseases on which the clone disease is based, and the transhumanist philosophies of Neolution, to what exactly happens when a projectile pencil is shot through a person's eye and into their brain., An official guide to the crazy science ofOrphan Black. Delve Deeper into the scientific terms and theories at the core of thePeabody-winning, cult favourite show. With exclusive insights from theshow's co-creator Graeme Manson and science consultant Cosima Herter, The Science of Orphan Black takes you behind the closed doors of the DyadInstitute and inside Neolution. Authors Casey Griffin and Nina Nessethdecode the mysteries of Orphan Black -- from the history of cloning,epigenetics, synthetic biology, chimerism, the real diseases on which theclone disease is based, and the transhumanist philosophies of Neolution, towhat exactly happens when a projectile pencil is shot through a person's eyeand into their brain., Delve deeper into the scientific terms and theories at the core of the Peabody-winning, cult favourite show. With exclusive insights from the show's co-creator Graeme Manson and science consultant Cosima Herter, The Science of Orphan Black takes you behind the closed doors of the Dyad Institute and inside Neolution. Authors Casey Griffin and Nina Nesseth decode the mysteries of Orphan Black, the real diseases on which the clone disease is based, and the transhumanist philosophies of Neolution, to what exactly happens when a projectile pencil is shot through a person s eye and into their brain.
LC Classification NumberPN1992.77.O75G75
As told toManson, Graeme, Herter, Cosima