What is death? : a scientist looks at the cycle of life /
Volk, Tyler.
What is death? : a scientist looks at the cycle of life / Tyler Volk. - New York : John Wiley & Sons, c2002. - 255 p. ; 25 cm.
"A Peter N. Nevraumont book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-248) and index.
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 ; Lifespan and life span ; Little deaths, big lives ; Life and death at the smallest scale. Conclusion : Eternity's Sunrise.
0471375446 (cloth : alk. paper)
00059431
Death.
QP87 / .V65 2002
571.9/39
What is death? : a scientist looks at the cycle of life / Tyler Volk. - New York : John Wiley & Sons, c2002. - 255 p. ; 25 cm.
"A Peter N. Nevraumont book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-248) and index.
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 ; Lifespan and life span ; Little deaths, big lives ; Life and death at the smallest scale. Conclusion : Eternity's Sunrise.
0471375446 (cloth : alk. paper)
00059431
Death.
QP87 / .V65 2002
571.9/39