The Pursuit of Immortality
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 1260981 | KanopyPublisher: The Great Courses, 2016Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
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- computer
- online resource
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Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2016.
For as long as we’ve been aware of death, we’ve searched for ways to avoid it. Examine a few of the many methods people have used to attempt immortality, including Daoist alchemical methods, empirical approaches by early Muslim scientists, and cutting-edge concepts such as gene manipulation and downloading one’s consciousness into a computer.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English