The fountain of youth : cultural, scientific, and ethical perspectives on a biomedical goal
Preface. Introduction. I. THE PERENNIAL QUESTS FOR EXTENDED AND ETERNAL LIFE. One: The Search for Prolongevity: A Contentious Pursuit, Robert H. Binstock. Two: The Quest for Immortality: Visions and Presentiments in Science and Literature, Mark B. Adams. Three: Decelerated Aging: Should I Drink From a Fountain of Youth?, Stephen G. Post. Four: A Jewish Theology of Death and the Afterlife, Neil Gillman. Five: In Defense of Immortality, Carol G. Zaleski. II. THE SCIENCE OF PROLONGEVITY. Six: In Search of the Holy Grail of Senescence, S. Jay Olshansky and Bruce A. Carnes. Seven: The Metabiology o
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Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004