THE PROSPECT OF IMMORTALITY IN BILINGUAL AMERICAN ENGLISH AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE

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by Robert C.W. Ettinger

with a new (2010) foreword by the author

(2010 ) – Sinclair T. Wang, Translator

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– 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.
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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
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ix —ROBERT ETTINGER 2010

xxiii —Jean Rostand

3 —Gerald J. Gruman

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