Lagrange City The Beginning

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you ever read any of the Mars books by Kim Stanley Robinson????

PS: I believe there is even a part on telomere research in it, something Sax is into to extend lifespan with.....

Saxifrage "Sax" Russell
Mars trilogy character
Sax Russell
Position Head of Mars' Terraforming (co-figurehead of the Greens)
Hometown Boulder, Colorado
Birth ~1980
Death
Gender male
Political Affiliation First Hundred; Green

An American physicist, he is a brilliant and creative scientist, and is greatly respected for his intellectual gifts. However, he is socially awkward and often finds it difficult to understand and relate to other people. Russell is a leader of the Green movement, the goal of which is to terraform Mars. During Green Mars, Sax suffers a stroke while being tortured by government security forces and fellow member of the First Hundred, Phyllis Boyle. He subsequently suffers from Broca's aphasia and has to relearn how to speak. Originally apolitical, this event and a growing attachment to Mars itself leads Russell to become the physical architect of the second revolution. He is also secretly in love with Ann Clayborne, who cannot stand him at first but, after decades on Mars, eventually reconciles. Saxifrage means "stonebreaker" and is the name for an Alpine plant that grows between stones.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_trilogy#The_First_Hundred