SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES ON LIFE AND DEATH

By JOSHUA BROWN

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: DEATH, THUS LIFE PART 1: BRAIN CHAPTER 2 THE THREE-POUND MIRACLE CHAPTER 3 WE LIVE IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS CHAPTER 4 THE GRATEFUL SELF PART 2: CULTURE CHAPTER 5 NOBODY JUST DIES CHAPTER 6 MANAGING TERROR CHAPTER 7 DEATH WITH INTERCONNECTED DIGNITY PART 3: BIOSPHERE CHAPTER 8 SEX AND CATASTROPHIC SENESCENCE CHAPTER 9 LIFESTYLE AND LIFE SPAN CHAPTER 10 LITTLE DEATHS, BIG LIVES CHAPTER 11 LIFE AND DEATH AT THE SMALLEST SCALE CHAPTER 12 CONCLUSION: ETERNITY’S SUNRISE NOTES