The science of Orphan black: Casey Griffin, Nina Nesseth ; with science consultant Cosima Herter and series co-creator Graeme Manson

"How many of us are there?" -- "There's only one of me" -- "You're just a bad copy of me" -- "This is my biology, my decision" -- "My poor, poor Rachel" -- "Your little girls are dying" -- "And w, here, shall drink from the fountain first" -- The conversation: Graeme Manson and Cosima Herter -- Glossary -- Orphan Black and history : a timeline.;"An official guide to the crazy science of Orphan Black. Delve deeper into the scientific terms and theories at the core of the Peabody-winning, cult favourite show. With exclusive insights from the show's co-creator Graeme Manson and science consultant Cosima Herter, The Science of Orphan Black takes you behind the closed doors of the Dyad Institute and inside Neolution. Authors Casey Griffin and Nina Nesseth decode the mysteries of Orphan Black - from the history of cloning, epigenetics, synthetic biology, chimerism, the real diseases on which the clone disease is based, and the transhumanist philosophies of Neolution, to what exactly happens when a projectile pencil is shot through a person's eye and into their brain."--