{"product_id":"9781934297018","title":"The Prospect of Immortality in Bilingual American English and Traditional Chinese ??\"???? ????-?-??\"\"??-?????","description":"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 () ， 一 。  \"， 一 -一 。\"  （） 一\"\"， 一。  \"\" 。 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:\u003cp\u003e((CONTENTS IN ENGLISH:))\u003cbr\u003e---Preface by the Translator ● viii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---FOREWORD 2010 BY ROBERT ETTINGER ● xxii \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---Preface by Jean Rostand ● 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---Preface by Gerald J. Gruman ● 12\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---Chapter I. Frozen Death, Frozen Sleep, and Some Consequences ● 28\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---Chapter II. The Effects of Freezing and Cooling ● 52\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---Chapter III. Repair and Rejuvenation ● 140\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---Chapter IV. Today's Choices ● 184\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---Chapter V. Freezers and Religion ● 220\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---Chapter VI. Freezers and the Law ● 264\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---Chapter VII. The Economics of Immortality ● 302\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---Chapter VIII. The Problem of Identity ● 364\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---Chapter IX. The Uses of Immortality ● 398\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---Chapter X. Manners, Modes, and Morals of \u003cbr\u003eTomorrow ● 428\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---Chapter XI. The Freezer-Centered Society ● 468\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---References ● 497\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e((CONTENTS IN CHINESE:))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--- ● ix\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---ROBERT ETTINGER 2010 ● xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---Jean Rostand  ● 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---Gerald J. Gruman  ● 13\u003cbr\u003e--- \u003cbr\u003e一 ，，一 ● 29\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e 一 ● 53\u003cbr\u003e --- \u003cbr\u003e  ● 141\u003cbr\u003e--- \u003cbr\u003e  ● 185\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e  ● 221\u003cbr\u003e--- \u003cbr\u003e  ● 265\u003cbr\u003e--- \u003cbr\u003e  ● 303\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e  ● 365\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e  ● 399\u003cbr\u003e--- \u003cbr\u003e ， ● 429\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e一  ● 469\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e ● 497\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ria University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033593561328,"sku":"9781934297018","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781934297018_p0.jpg?v=1763641996","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781934297018","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}