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Explore the boundary between science and science fiction. Cloning: Will dinosaurs once again roam the earth? Space travel: Will we inhabit the moon or Mars? Time travel: Will we be able to glimpse the future or change the past? Imagination has always outrun reality. But is reality catching up?

Lawrence Anderson earned a PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University and spent most of his career at what was then AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he was involved in some of the first experimental applications of lasers. He headed the group that designed optical components for the first fiber optic transatlantic cable. He lectured for many years on technical subjects for the Institute for LifeLong Learning for New Mexicans.