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Death : the scientific facts to help us understand it better

Title
Death : the scientific facts to help us understand it better / Richard Béliveau, Denis Gingras ; translated from French (Canada) by Barbara Sandilands.
Author
Béliveau, Richard, 1953-
Publication
Buffalo, N.Y. ; Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, 2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Gingras, Denis.
  • Sandilands, Barbara.
Description
264 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 22 cm
Summary
A comprehensive examination of that inevitable and universal human experience. To better our understanding of death--and so perhaps fear it less--the book explains the biological processes and the different causes of death, and examines the human perceptions of death throughout history and across cultures.
Uniform Title
Mort. English
Alternative Title
Mort.
Subject
  • Death (Biology)
  • Life (Biology)
  • Death > Quotations, maxims, etc
  • Death > Pictorial works
  • Death
  • Life
Genre/Form
Pictorial Work.
Note
  • Originally published in French under title: La mort.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 257) and index.
Contents
A material soul -- Dying--That's life! -- Living with the awareness of death: between hope and fear -- The wear and tear of time -- Dying little by little -- Dying from infections -- Poisons: fascination and danger -- Violent deaths -- Unusual and dramatic deaths -- Postmortem events -- Dying of laughter.
ISBN
  • 9781554079964 (pbk.)
  • 1554079969 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • ocn777304297
  • 777304297
  • SCSB-8853537
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries