Preserving Minds, Saving Lives: The Best Cryonics Writings From Alcor

Description: Cryonics is an experimental medical procedure that uses ultra-low temperatures to put critically ill people into a state of metabolic arrest to give them access to medical advances of the future. Since its inception in the early 1960s, the practice of cryonics has moved from a theoretical concept to an evidence-based practice that uses emergency medical procedures and modern vitrification technologies to eliminate ice formation. Preserving Minds, Saving Lives offers an ambitious collection of articles about cryonics and the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. From its humble beginnings in 1972, and its first human cryonics patient in 1976, Alcor has grown to a professional organization with more than 1,000 members, more than 140 human patients, and more than 50 pets, all awaiting a chance to be restored to good health and continue their lives. This 570-page book presents some of the best cryonics writings from Cryonics magazine from 1972 to 2012. There are clear expositions of the rationale behind cryonics, its scientific validation, and the evolution of Alcor procedures. Also covered are repair and resuscitation scenarios, philosophical issues associated with cryonics, and debates within the cryonics community itself.Table of Contents Foreword: Cryonics and Hope, by Gregory Benford, Ph.D. Introduction, by Stephen W. Bridge WHAT IS CRYONICS? Why We Are Cryonicists, by Michael DarwinCryonics: Using Low Temperatures to Care for the Critically Ill, by Aschwin de WolfMedical Time Travel, by Brian Wowk, Ph.D.The Bricks in the Wall, by Michael Darwin with contributions by Stephen W. Bridge HISTORY OF CRYONICS John Hunter, Cryonics Forerunner, by R. Michael Perry, Ph.D.The Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Dead, by Steven B. Harris, M.D.Riding the Jameson Satellite, by R. Michael Perry, Ph.D.The First Cryonicist, by Saul KentRobert Ettinger: Some Brief Historical and Personal Notes, by R. Michael Perry, Ph.D.Notes on the First Human Freezing, by Ted Kraver, Ph.DThe Realities of Patient Storage, by R. Michael Perry, Ph.D.Suspension Failures: Lessons from the Early Years, by R. Michael Perry, Ph.D.Dear Dr. Bedford, by Michael DarwinRobert Nelson and the Bedford Freezing: A Comment, by R. Michael Perry, Ph.D.Cold War: The Conflict Between Cryonicists and Cryobiologists, by Michael Darwin HISTORY OF ALCOR A Brief History of Alcor, from Alcor’s WebsiteWhere did the name Alcor come from? by Fred Chamberlain III and Linda ChamberlainNew Home, New Life: Alcor Moves to Arizona, by Stephen W. BridgeThe Alcor Patient Care Trust, by Stephen W. Bridge and Brian Wowk, Ph.D. RESEARCH IN CRYONICS Evaluation of the Condition of Dr. James H. Bedford after 24 Years of Cryonic Suspension, by Michael DarwinA Brief History of Alcor Research, by R. Michael Perry, Ph.D.The 21st Century Medicine Seminar: Amazing Breakthroughs in Cryobiology and ResuscitationSystems for Intermediate Temperature Storage for Fracture Reduction and Avoidance, by Brian Wowk, Ph.D. ALCOR PROCEDURES AND TECHNOLOGIES How Cold is Cold Enough? by Hugh Hixon, M.S.History of DMSO and Glycerol in Cryonics, by Michael DarwinMathematical Analysis of Recirculating Perfusion Systems, with Application to Cryonic Suspension, by R. Michael Perry, Ph.D.Getting to 8M Glycerol and Other Perfusion Problems, by Hugh Hixon, M.S.How Cryoprotectants Work, by Brian Wowk, Ph.D.Vitrification Arrives: New Technology Preserves Patients without Ice Damage, by Fred Chamberlain IIINew Cryopreservation Technology, by Alcor StaffCooling Down, by Hugh Hixon, M.S.Elements of a Transport, by Tanya JonesCardiopulmonary Support in Cryonics: The Significance of Legal Death in Cryonics, by Brian Wowk, Ph.D.Rapid Stabilization in Human Cryopreservation, by Aschwin de WolfSecuring Viability of the Brain at Alcor, by Aschwin de WolfCase Reports in Cryonics, by Aschwin de Wolf RESCUSCITATION OF CRYONICS PATIENTS To Wake Refreshed, by Michael DarwinThe Anabolocyte: A Biological Approach to Repairing Cryoinjury, by Michael DarwinCell Repair Technology, by Brian Wowk, Ph.D.Realistic Scenario for Nanotechnological Repair of the Frozen Human Brain, by Gregory Fahy, Ph.D.A Cryopreservation Revival Scenario Using MNT, by Ralph C. Merkle, Ph.D. and Robert A. Freitas, Jr., J.D.Neural Archaeology, by Thomas Donaldson, Ph.D.Cryonics, Cryptography, and Maximum Likelihood Estimation, by Ralph C. Merkle, Ph.D.Information Storage and Computational Aspects of Repair, by Tad Hogg, Ph.D. PERSPECTIVES ON CRYONICS A Message for Terminal Patients, by Saul KentThe Death of Death in Cryonics, by Brian Wowk, Ph.D.Why Suspension Members Need More Than Minimum Funding, by Saul KentConservative Medicine, by Michael DarwinBinary Statutes, Analog World: Burke’s Paradox and the Law, by Steven B. Harris, M.D.Why a Religious Person Can Choose Cryonics, by Stephen W. BridgeCryonics and Emergency Medicine, by Thomas Donaldson, Ph.D.Ethics of Non-ideal Cryonics Cases, by Brian Wowk, Ph.D.Let’s Talk About Cryonics, by Ralph C. Merkle, Ph.D.How to Protect Your Cryonics Arrangements from Interference by Third Parties, by Rebecca Lively, Attorney at Law DEBATES WITHIN CRYONICS But What Will the Neighbors Think? A Discourse on the History and Rationale of Neurosuspension, by Michael DarwinThe Neurocryopreservation Option: Head First Into the Future. by Stephen W. BridgeThe Case for Whole Body Cryopreservation, by Michael B. O’Neal, Ph.D. and Aschwin de WolfResponsibility, Probability, and Durability, by Thomas Donaldson, Ph.D.The “I” Word, by Ralph C. Merkle, Ph.D.The Road Less Traveled: Alternatives to Cryonics, by R. Michael Perry, Ph.D.The Myth of the Golden Scalpel, by Michael DarwinHas Cryonics Taken the Wrong Path? by Stephen W. Bridge Afterword, by Aschwin de Wolf Biographies of Contributors

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