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From Creatures to Corpsicles: Man's Search for Immortality

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Iserson, K.V. From Creatures to Corpsicles: Man's Search for Immortality. HEC Forum 16, 160–172 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:HECF.0000047574.87416.ae

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