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What is death?: a scientist looks at the cycle of life
What is death?: a scientist looks at the cycle of life
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Volk, Tyler
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Introduction: death, thus life
pt.1. Brain: the three-pound miracle
We live in two different worlds
The grateful self
pt. 2. Culture: nobody just dies
Managing terror
Death with interconnected dignity
pt. 3. Biosphere: sex and catastrophic senescence
Lifestyle and life span
Little deaths, big lives
Life and death at the smallest scale
Conclusion: eternity's sunrise.
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Death
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9780471375449
9780470252420
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