From the Book - Regular Print
Why Become Immortal? 3 --
"Hello, Dolly!" and Salutations to Stem Cells 9 --
Why We Are Not Immortal Or What Is Life Anyway? 17 --
Achieving Immortality through Biotechnology 36 --
2 Why Immortality Cannot Evolve 45 --
Where Does Longevity Come From, and Why Has Evolution Made Us Mortal Rather than Immortal? 46 --
What Is an Evolutionary View of Longevity, And Why Are the Prospects so Bleak for Achieving Immortality through Evolution? 65 --
Afterword: Immortality Triumphant! 79 --
3 Why Immortality Cannot Develop 81 --
Development's "Why, Where, What, When, How, and Why?" 83 --
Development According to Embryologists and Developmental Biologists 111 --
4 Life's Fundamental Feature: Devolution 125 --
Getting Down to Basics: Life Begins 126 --
An Introduction to Devolution 132 --
Devolution of Eucarya 135 --
Devolution of Metazoa 146 --
Devolution of Life Histories 151 --
Devolution of Death 155 --
5 Making Immortals: From Blastocyst to Generator 165 --
Taking Another Look at Cloning 166 --
Taking Another Look at Stem Cells 176 --
Epilogue: Reprise and Prediction 195 --
Prospects for Immortalization 196 --
Adjustments Required by Immortalization 202 --