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You explore quantum information and quantum computing - Dr. Schumacher's specialty, for which he pioneered the concept "qubit," the unit of quantum information. You learn that unlike classical information, such as a book or musical recording, quantum information can't be perfectly copied.
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Alisa Salazar has a million things to do: friends to meet up with, Duper to take for a walk - even her dad has asked her to accompany him to an important dinner party... What a shame cloning is forbidden on Earth! How great it would be if she could send a couple of clones in her place. Then a device for making clones unexpectedly ends up in Alisa's hands. Now Alisa herself is in terrible danger.
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Modern technology has transformed procreation, birth, and parenting. Given the different donor and surrogate options, it's perfectly possible to have a child with five biologically contributing parents. What are the implications of this revolution, especially if human cloning becomes the next new option?
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From an Italian alchemist seeking to create gold from some strange stones to modern-day scientists cloning the genes that produce luciferin and luciferase, and the engineers trying to develop cheaper, whiter, more efficient LEDs, the text lays out the historical hows and whys of cold light, its success in the natural world, and its application in medicine and domestic/industrial illumination. Clear color photos and information boxes abound. A nifty...