Catalog Search Results
1) Biohackers
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A read along eBook from Full Tilt Press!
A woman waves her hand and her car roars to life. She touches her unadorned ear to take a call in the car as she drives to a cryotherapy parlor. She is a biohacker. What other technologies might humans use to optimize themselves? In STEM Body: Biohackers, readers will learn about three types of biohacking, from body implants to DNA manipulation. They will learn the stories of the scientists and engineers who...
Author
Language
English
Description
A read along eBook from Full Tilt Press! What makes a person who they are? This is one of the fundamental questions of human life. Scientists of the 21st century have made rapid advances in cloning and editing human DNA and cells, even if their understanding of how human characteristics are shaped is still relatively new. In STEM Body: Cloning Humans, readers will learn about three life-changing pieces of genetic technology-from therapeutic cloning...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A readalong eBook from Full Tilt Press!
The first prosthetic limb was discovered in an Egyptian tomb. This simple technology allowed an amputee to walk again. Across 2,000 years, advances in materials, science, medicine, and computer science have led to the newest version of this life-changing technology: prosthetics that can be controlled by a person's thoughts alone. In STEM Body: Bionic Bodies, readers will learn about this and other bionic technology,...
Author
Language
English
Description
A readalong eBook from Full Tilt Press!
New breakthroughs in technology allow cancer cells to be killed in milliseconds. Using genetics, doctors can attack cancers and their causes in ever more targeted ways. Nanoparticles stream through the blood directly to cancer cells, tiny machines behaving with laser-like precision. In STEM Body: The Science of Cancer, readers will learn the story of three technologies that are advancing the global fight against...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request