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Heads

by Greg Bear

Set two centuries in the future, a man searches for absolute zero while his wife attempts to extract information from cryogenically frozen heads. These scientific endeavours lead to unintended and dangerous consequences.

Accession 34558 ISBN 0712636781 Publisher Century
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