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060 10 $aWT 11.1$bH413m 2008
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100 1 $aHaycock, David Boyd,$d1968-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001153875
245 10 $aMortal coil :$ba short history of living longer /$cDavid Boyd Haycock.
260 $aNew Haven [Conn.] ;$aLondon :$bYale University Press,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $axii, 308 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-289) and index.
520 1 $a"Mortal Coil explores the medical, scientific and philosophical theories behind the quest for the prolongation of human life. It was a conundrum that intrigued Sir Francis Bacon and underpinned the scientific revolution; ideas of ultimate perfectibility, indefinite progress and worldly rather than heavenly immortality fed directly into the spirit of the Enlightenment and on into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In today's world of genetic research, cryonics and nanotechnology, we still seek the same elusive philosopher's stone." "From Adam and Eve to human cloning and designer babies, from seventeenth-century lifestyle guides to science fiction, Haycock's narrative introduces an array of fascinating individuals, including Rene Descartes, Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Swift, Charles Darwin and Sigmund Freud and a score of unknown figures. Full of extraordinary stories and valuable insights, this is an exploration into our unceasing desire to live forever."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aLongevity$xHistory.
650 0 $aImmortality (Philosophy)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064533
650 0 $aDeath.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036085
650 12 $aLongevity.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008136
650 12 $aPhilosophy, Medical$xhistory.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010686Q000266
650 22 $aAging.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000375
650 22 $aHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.$0https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007722
852 00 $bglx$hQP85$i.H39 2008