Chasing Captain America: How Advances in Science, Engineering, and Biotechnology Will Produce a Superhuman

by E. Paul Zehr

Book Overview

Could we create a real-life superhero by changing human biology itself?

The form and function of the human body, once entirely delimited by nature, are now fluid concepts thanks to recent advances in biomedical science and engineering. Professor, author, and comic book enthusiast E. Paul Zehr uses Marvel's Captain America -- an ordinary man turned into an extraordinary hero, thanks to a military science experiment -- as an entry-point...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1770411992
• ISBN13: 9781770411999
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: ECW Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.1"