Reviews for Transactions of the Cumberland Association for the Advancement of Literature and Science (Pa...

The average rating for Transactions of the Cumberland Association for the Advancement of Literature and Science (Pa... based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-07-18 00:00:00 Brian Head The clone stuff is just one chapter, but as the title suggests there is other geek stuff here: "Using Science to Make Your Wildest Dreams Come True" I did not feel deceived, because I read the available synopsis. Of course, none of the methods of cloning, time travel, memory enhancement, etc. mentioned are available to Joe Citizen -- nor exactly practical. YET. [insert evil laughter] Published ~2004 (before first iPhone in 2007, and some recent astronomical discoveries*), so some content is slightly dated. Expect talk of PDAs and such, but it's still pretty good. * Proof (?) of black holes, detection of gravity waves, modern smartphones, etc. Remember PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants)? [click image for Wikipedia article] 2019 image of black hole (sort of): [click image to go to the NASA page] At the time of this book's 2004 publication, about 100 exoplanets (mainly gas giants) had been detected. Currently (2019) it's closer to 3,800 (per NASA), including some possible Earth-like worlds (i.e., in the goldilocks zone). This gives you an idea of how slightly behind some of the content is here. Overall it was interesting, but most of the content was not new to me. For those who have NOT read books such as A Brief History of Time or The Physics of Star Trek, this will likely be a 3+ star read -- if you're into talk of clones, life extension, black holes, cyborgs and such. VERDICT: 2.5 stars, mainly due to some dated (but still decent) content. Would've been 3.5 if I'd read it in 2004. Nice print layout, but would have benefited greatly from photos, charts, and illustrations.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-08-02 00:00:00 Patrick Mahaney Fantastic read if you're into science, you don't need a degree to understand some the finer details it offers, sadly I still haven't cloned the blonde who bought it for me!