Immortality.

نویسنده

  • G Kolata
چکیده

“Is death necessary?“, asked biologist G. R. Taylor and stated that in 1968 in the USA alone more than a thousand teams of scientists were working on the issue of growing old and the problem of death. Some people are frozen at their death. They want to be revived as soon as a cure for their disease or the aging process has been found. Most of humanity seems to have the desire to live forever. Many people claim that although their body is mortal, their soul is not. Therefore the question must be asked: Is there a natural immortality of humans or their soul?

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Science

دوره 225 4659  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1984