X-Message-Number: 24960 From: "Reason" <> Subject: the Scientific Conquest of Death on Amazon Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 23:47:44 -0800 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/9875611352/qid=1099293927/sr=8 -1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/102-0895723-0640139?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 The first book produced by the Immortality Institute ( http://www.imminst.org ) is available at Amazon.com, at the link above. More details can be found here: http://www.imminst.org/book1/ Chapter I: SCIENCE: Biomedicine, Nanotechnology and other strategies Biological Immortality - Michael Rose The War on Aging - Aubrey de Grey The Dream of Elixir Vitae - Joao de Magalh es Therapeutic Cloning - Michael West Nanomedicine - Robert Freitas Human Body Version 2.0 - Ray Kurzweil Progress Toward Cyberimmortality - William Bainbridge Will Robots Inherit the Earth? - Marvin Minsky Medical Time Travel: A Question of Science - Brian Wowk Chapter II: PERSPECTIVES: Ethics, Sociology and Philosophy Some Ethical and Theological Considerations - Brad Mellon Superlongevity without Overpopulation - Max More Upsetting the Natural Order - Michael Treder The Self-Defeating Fantasy - Eric Rabkin Time Consciousness in Very Long Life - Manfred Clynes Confessions of a Proselytizing Immortalist - Shannon Vyff Some Problems with Immortalism - Ben Best An Introduction to Immortalist Morality - Marc Geddes Should We Fear Death? - Russell Blackford Who Wants To Live Forever? - Nick Bostrom In addition, Imminst is currently filming a documentary about the healthy life extension community. Details on that can be found here: http://www.imminst.org/film.php A second book is in the works, so anyone who feels up to submitting an original essay for inclusion should have at it. Submission cut-off is tentatively scheduled for February 2005: http://www.imminst.org/book Reason Founder, Longevity Meme Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24960