The Prospect of Immortality in Bilingual American English and Traditional Chinese 永生的期盼

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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