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

Krementsov examines a particular fascination with the dream of immortality and the place of science and fiction in its pursuit in Russia during roughly a decade that followed the country's political revolutions of 1917. It argues that contemporary scientific experiments aimed at the control ove...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Krement͡sov, N. L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Temas:
1900-1999
Literature and science > Soviet Union.
Biology > Soviet Union > Experiments.
Immortality in literature.
Biology in literature.
Science fiction, Russian > 20th century > History and criticism.
Medicine in literature.
Medicine in Literature
Littérature et sciences > URSS.
Biologie > URSS > Expériences.
Immortalité dans la littérature.
Biologie dans la littérature.
Médecine dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > EUROPEAN > EASTERN.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Science Fiction & Fantasy.
Medicine in literature
Biology > Experiments
Biology in literature
Immortality in literature
Literature and science
Science fiction, Russian
Soviet Union
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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