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Eugenics wars may refer to: In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Eugenics Wars are a series of conflicts that occurred between 1992 and 1996, in which the progeny of a human genetic engineering project established themselves as superior "superhumans" and attempted world domination. The Eugenics Wars preceded and catalyzed World War III ...
The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh is a two volume set of novels written by Greg Cox about the life of the fictional Star Trek character Khan Noonien Singh. He is often referred to as simply "Khan" in the Star Trek episode "Space Seed" and in the Star Trek film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
The references to the Eugenics Wars and to a nuclear war in the 21st century are somewhat contradictory. The episode "Space Seed" establishes the Eugenics Wars, and has them lasting from 1992 to 1996. The Eugenics Wars are described as a global conflict in which the progeny of a human genetic engineering project, most notably Khan Noonien Singh ...
Khan makes his introductory appearance as the antagonist in the episode "Space Seed", first broadcast on February 16, 1967.According to the backstory revealed in the episode, Khan is one of a group of genetically engineered superhumans, bred to be free of the usual human mental and physical limitations, who were removed from power after the Eugenics Wars of the 1990s. [2]
The Eugenics Wars, first mentioned in "Space Seed", are stated in the Star Trek Chronology by Michael and Denise Okuda as taking place between 1992 and 1996. They considered it fortunate that these events did not come to pass in the real world, and noted that the development of the Botany Bay in 1996 as an instance of where " Star Trek 's ...
He is a superhuman, who conquered and controlled at lest for 80 countries during "Eugenics Wars" of 1992–1996 until he was overthrown at a cost of 37 million dead and exiled in space with his followers. In episode Space Seed of Star Trek: The Original Series his space ship was discovered by USS Enterprise 300 years later.
A 1930s exhibit by the Eugenics Society.Some of the signs read "Healthy and Unhealthy Families", "Heredity as the Basis of Efficiency" and "Marry Wisely".Eugenics (/ j uː ˈ dʒ ɛ n ɪ k s / yoo-JEN-iks; from Ancient Greek εύ̃ (eû) 'good, well' and -γενής (genḗs) 'born, come into being, growing/grown') [1] is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality ...
Greg Cox (born 1959) is an American writer of science fiction, including works that are media tie-ins. [1] He lives in Oxford, Pennsylvania. [2]He has written numerous Star Trek novels, including The Eugenics Wars (Volume One and Two), The Q Continuum, Assignment: Eternity, and The Black Shore.