Life Signs: The Biology of Star Trek

A research geneticist at a world-renowned medical center & a noted psychiatrist investigate the myriad questions Star Trek raises about new life & new civilizations.Ó They draw surprising conclusions about everything from the likelihood that any humanoid could be blue in color to the climate on the Vulcan homeworld to what caused the dramatic physiological changes in the Klingon race between the 23rd & 24th century. Special attention is paid to the Federation's astonishing technological advances, probing the accuracy & effects of these developments. They also chart the remarkable parallels between the Star Trek universe & our own.Jenkins, Susan is the author of 'Life Signs: The Biology of Star Trek', published 1998 under ISBN 9780788195624 and ISBN 078819562X.