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Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. [3] Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning ...
A chemical weapon agent (CWA), or chemical warfare agent, is a chemical substance whose toxic properties are meant to kill, injure or incapacitate human beings.About 70 different chemicals have been used or stockpiled as chemical weapon agents during the 20th century, although the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has an online database listing 35,942 chemicals which ...
A feelie is a fictional form of entertainment that appears in the 1932 dystopian sci-fi novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.They are a type of film in which the viewer is able to feel all the sensations felt by the protagonist through the use of advanced technology such as a "scent organ", pneumatics and an electric field.
Rather than religion, the people of the World-State worship soma. [2] The "savages" in the book, people who purposely live lives outside the World-State's control, generally refuse to rely on soma for happiness. [3] In 1954, Huxley compared soma to mescaline in the book The Doors of Perception, citing its psychedelic effects. However, people ...
Brave New World is an American television film first shown in 1980. [1] It was also shown on the BBC that same year, and is an adaptation of the 1932 novel of the same name by Aldous Huxley . [ 2 ]
Pelargonic acid morpholide (MPK) is widely used as a self-defense chemical agent spray in Russia, though its effectiveness compared to natural pepper spray is unclear. [ citation needed ] In China , Ministry of Public Security police units and security guards use tear gas ejectors with OC, CS or CN gases.
Brave New World is a 1998 television movie [1] loosely based on Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel of the same name. [2] The film stars Peter Gallagher and Leonard Nimoy. It is an abridged version of the original story. [3] The film aired on NBC on April 19, 1998. [4]
Bokanovsky's Process is a fictional process of human cloning that is a key aspect of the world envisioned in Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel Brave New World. The process is applied to fertilized human eggs in vitro, causing them to split into identical genetic copies of the original. The process can be repeated several times, though the maximum ...