Bob clyman (7 Ergebnisse)

Audio CD. Zustand: Good. 2 AUDIO CDs in the sturdy, clamshell case withdrawn from the library collection. Some library markings and stickers to the box and the CDs. Each audio CD is in an individual slot, protected and clear sounding. Enjoy this audio performance.

Zustand: New. pp. 90.

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Where do you draw the line between eugenics and the desire of every parent to give his or her child the best possible start If the answer seems pretty simple, just ask Gwen, Allie and Tom, three parents whose children were conceived at a prestigious donor insemination program, specializing in donors with IQ's over 180. It is now five years later, and the parents of these exceptional children are discovering that the answer is anything but simple. 'Playwright Bob Clyman doesn't waste time. Within the first five minutes of THE EXCEPTIONALS, he digs in to moral and ethical questions framed in a remarkably straightforward context. What makes this play 'exceptional' is Clyman's ability to create a fairly humorous setup, and then ratchet up the tension to transform a simple story into a high-stakes drama. THE EXCEPTIONALS takes place in the office of a sperm bank specializing in matching women with chart-topping IQs with 'über sperm' to create exceptional children . How far would parents go to help their child get ahead How do they know they're making the right choices Clyman's THE EXCEPTIONALS creates excitement and suspense around the most basic parenting questions.' -Terry Byrne, The Boston Globe 'Clyman's brilliance is that he doesn't use a soapbox to pound his point home. He puts great trust in his script's subtlety, and he banks on the audience's intelligence to get the message . Clyman employs much humor and creates a handful of very human characters . a highly successful, intelligent and chilling play.' -The Nashua Telegraph.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - William Shumway, a young, idealistic cellular biologist with a brilliant new idea for curing cancer, is recruited from a relative obscurity to Hill-Matheson, a major cancer research institute, by its charismatic director, Bob Brock, with the offer of his own lab and all the resources he will need to pursue that idea. As the pressure to show publishable results begins to build, fueled by unexpected competition from a rival lab at Oxford and the politically agile head of another department who has resentfully seen his own budget slashed to free up more funding for Shumway's lab, his research suddenly hits a snag. He is faced with having to choose between full disclosure of the problem, which would jeopardize the funding he needs, and making the more expedient decision to bend the rules just a little, which will buy him enough additional time to solve the problem.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextWhere do you draw the line between eugenics and the desire of every parent to give his or her child the best possible start? If the answer seems pretty simple, just ask Gwen, Allie and Tom, three parents whose children were co.

Zustand: New.