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The Prospect of Immortality in Bilingual American English and Traditional Chinese 永生的期盼
Robert C W Ettinger • Charles Tandy
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THE PROSPECT OF IMMORTALITY IN BILINGUAL AMERICAN ENGLISH AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE - by Robert C.W. Ettinger with a new (2010) foreword by the author (2010) -- Sinclair T. Wang, Translator -- is available in hardback (ISBN 978-1-934297-00-1) and paperback (ISBN 978-1-934297-01-8) editions. HERE IS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK (ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH IN 1964): In the 1960s Ettinger founded the cryonics (cryonic hibernation) movement and authored The Prospect of Immortality. Ettinger sees "discontinuity in history, with mortality and humanity on one side -- on the other immortality and transhumanity." Cryonic hibernation (experimental long-term suspended animation) of humans may provide a "door into summer" unlike any season previously known. Ettinger argues for his belief in "the possibility of limitless life for our generation." 1960 () " - " "" "" KEYWORDS: biostasis; cryonics; death; future medicine; immortality; life extension; personal identity; suspended animation; technological singularity; transhumanism. HERE IS A TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE BILINGUAL (IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH AND/OR YOUR CHINESE?) BOOK OF 552 PAGES:
((CONTENTS IN ENGLISH:))
---Preface by the Translator viii
---FOREWORD 2010 BY ROBERT ETTINGER xxii
---Preface by Jean Rostand 2
---Preface by Gerald J. Gruman 12
---Chapter I. Frozen Death, Frozen Sleep, and Some Consequences 28
---Chapter II. The Effects of Freezing and Cooling 52
---Chapter III. Repair and Rejuvenation 140
---Chapter IV. Today's Choices 184
---Chapter V. Freezers and Religion 220
---Chapter VI. Freezers and the Law 264
---Chapter VII. The Economics of Immortality 302
---Chapter VIII. The Problem of Identity 364
---Chapter IX. The Uses of Immortality 398
---Chapter X. Manners, Modes, and Morals of
Tomorrow 428
---Chapter XI. The Freezer-Centered Society 468
---References 497
((CONTENTS IN CHINESE:))
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---ROBERT ETTINGER 2010 xxiii
---Jean Rostand 3
---Gerald J. Gruman 13
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((CONTENTS IN ENGLISH:))
---Preface by the Translator viii
---FOREWORD 2010 BY ROBERT ETTINGER xxii
---Preface by Jean Rostand 2
---Preface by Gerald J. Gruman 12
---Chapter I. Frozen Death, Frozen Sleep, and Some Consequences 28
---Chapter II. The Effects of Freezing and Cooling 52
---Chapter III. Repair and Rejuvenation 140
---Chapter IV. Today's Choices 184
---Chapter V. Freezers and Religion 220
---Chapter VI. Freezers and the Law 264
---Chapter VII. The Economics of Immortality 302
---Chapter VIII. The Problem of Identity 364
---Chapter IX. The Uses of Immortality 398
---Chapter X. Manners, Modes, and Morals of
Tomorrow 428
---Chapter XI. The Freezer-Centered Society 468
---References 497
((CONTENTS IN CHINESE:))
--- ix
---ROBERT ETTINGER 2010 xxiii
---Jean Rostand 3
---Gerald J. Gruman 13
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29
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53
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141
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185
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221
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265
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303
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365
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399
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429
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469
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497
- Format: Inbunden
- ISBN: 9781934297001
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 554
- Utgivningsdatum: 2010-08-09
- Översättare: Sinclair T Wang
- Förlag: Ria University Press