The Death of Death The Scientific Possibility of Physical Immortality and its Moral Defense

In this book, Cordeiro and Wood not only present all the major developments, initiatives, and ideas for eternal life, they also show why there are a number of good arguments for seeing death for what it is:the last undefeated disease. Is death inevitable? Until now, the history of mankind has been m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cordeiro, José, Wood, David (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature Switzerland 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Series:Copernicus Books, Sparking Curiosity and Explaining the World
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The greatest and oldest dream of humanity
  • Chapter 1: Life appeared to live
  • Chapter 2: What is aging?
  • Chapter 3: The biggest industry in the world has been born
  • Chapter 4: From the linear to the exponential world
  • Chapter 5: How much does it cost?
  • Chapter 6: The terror of death
  • Chapter 7: Paradigms: good, bad and “experts"
  • Chapter 8: Plan B: human cryopreservation
  • Chapter 9: The future depends upon us
  • Conclusion: The moment has come
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: Chronology of life on Earth