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1 online resource (xii, 309 pages) : illustrations |
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Becoming Immortal -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. Quo Vadis? -- WHY BECOME IMMORTAL? -- HAS LIFE CHANGED? -- "HELLO, DOLLY!" AND SALUTATIONS TO STEM CELLS -- WHY WE ARE NOT IMMORTAL OR WHAT IS LIFE ANYWAY? -- ACHIEVING IMMORTALITY THROUGH BIOTECHNOLOGY -- 2. Why Immortality Cannot Evolve -- WHERE DOES LONGEVITY COME FROM, AND WHY HAS EVOLUTION MADE US MORTAL RATHER THAN IMMORTAL? -- WHAT IS AN EVOLUTIONARY VIEW OF LONGEVITY, AND WHY ARE THE PROSPECTS SO BLEAK FOR ACHIEVING IMMORTALITY THROUGH EVOLUTION? -- AFTERWORD: IMMORTALITY TRIUMPHANT! -- 3. Why Immortality Cannot Develop |
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DEVELOPMENT'S "WHO, WHERE, WHAT, WHEN, HOW, AND WHY?" -- DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO EMBRYOLOGISTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGISTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- 4. Life's Fundamental Feature: Devolution -- GETTING DOWN TO BASICS: LIFE BEGINS -- AN INTRODUCTION TO DEVOLUTION -- THE DEVOLUTION OF EUCARYA -- THE DEVOLUTION OF SEX -- THE DEVOLUTION OF METAZOA -- THE DEVOLUTION OF LIFE HISTORIES -- THE DEVOLUTION OF DEATH -- CONCLUSIONS -- 5. Making Immortals: From Blastocyst to Generator -- TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT CLONING -- TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT STEM CELLS -- MAKING IMMORTALS -- MAKING GENERATORS |
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Epilogue: Reprise and Prediction -- PROSPECTS FOR IMMORTALIZATION -- ADJUSTMENTS REQUIRED BY IMMORTALIZATION -- AT WHAT COST? -- Endotes -- NOTES TO PREFACE -- NOTES TO CHAPTER 1 -- NOTES TO CHAPTER 2 -- NOTES TO CHAPTER 4 -- NOTES TO CHAPTER 5 -- NOTES TO EPILOGUE -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-292) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Human cloning.
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Stem cells -- Research.
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Forecasting.
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Longevity.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Stem cells.
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Bioengineering.
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Biotechnology.
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Cloning, Organism
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Biotechnology
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Embryo Research
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Forecasting
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Genetic Research
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Longevity
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Biological Evolution
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Evolution
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Stem Cells
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bioengineering.
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evolution.
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MEDICAL -- Reproductive Medicine & Technology.
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Stem cells -- Research.
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Cloning, Organism.
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Evolution.
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Stem cells.
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Clonage humain.
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Cellules souches -- Recherche.
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Human cloning.
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Stem cells
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Longevity
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Forecasting
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Evolution (Biology)
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Biotechnology
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Bioengineering
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Human cloning
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Stem cells -- Research
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Klonering.
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Stamcellen.
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Biotechnologie.
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Evolutie.
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Onsterfelijkheid.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0585465746 |
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9780585465746 |
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0791454010 |
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9780791454015 |
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0791454029 |
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9780791454022 |
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9780791488416 |
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0791488411 |
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