"From the time they're born, human beings are driven by an impulse to take things apart and put them back together. A small group of maverick scientists have decided to take this process one step further. Their project, called cryonics, aims to take apart and reassemble the world's most complicated machine: the human body (Epstein 16)." Cryonics is the practice of freezing human bodies in the hope that one day, it is possible to revive these …showed first 75 words of 1535 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1535 total…of many optimists with wild yet obviously fantastic imaginations, is being pressed to eventually come true. WORKS CITED Epstein, Miles. "The Big Chill." American Legion Magazine. September, 1990: 16+. Harris, Steven B. "Many Are Cold but Few Are Frozen: A Humanist Looks at Cryonics." Free Inquiry. Spring 1989: 19-24. Morgan, Jas. "Souls on Ice." Mondo 2000. Spring / Summer 1995: 50+. Settles, Gary S. "Cryogenics." The 1995 Groiler Multimedia Encyclopedia. Tompkins, Wayne. "Mummification Program Revives Ancient Option for Afterlife." NEWS. February 4, 1990: 1A-1E.