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https://www.riss.kr/link?id=M12002341
New Haven [Conn.] ; London: Yale University Press, c2008
2008
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9780300117783 (alk. paper)
0300117787 (alk. paper)
일반단행본
Connecticut
Mortal coil: a short history of living longer / David Boyd Haycock.
xii, 308 p.: ill.; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-289) and index.
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Mortal Coil: A Short History of Living Longer 반양장 (A Short History of Living Longer)
An obsession with perpetual youth may seem a particularly modern phenomenon, but it is a goal that western scientists and philosophers have aspired to (and worked towards) for the last four hundred years. Mortal Coilexplores the medical, scientific, and philosophical theories behind the quest for the prolongation of human life. It was a conundrum that intrigued Sir Francis Bacon and underpinned the scientific revolution; ideas of ultimate perfectibility, indefinite progress, and worldly rather than heavenly immortality fed directly into the spirit of the Enlightenment and even further into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In today's world of genetic research, cryonics, and nanotechnology, we still seek the same elusive philosopher's stone. From Adam and Eve to human cloning and designer babies, from seventeenth-century lifestyle guides to science fiction, Haycock's gripping story introduces an array of fascinating individualsRene Descartes, Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Swift, Charles Darwin, and Sigmund Freud as well as a score of unknown figures. Full of extraordinary stories and valuable insights, this is a curious, witty, and captivating exploration into our unceasing desire to live forever.