Escape Velocity: Why the Prospect of Extreme Human Life Extension Matters Now
- Kind
- Journal Article
- Date
- 2004 Jun 15
- Volume / pages
- PLoS Biol. 2004 Jun; 2(6): e187.
- Retrieved
- Mar 8, 2016
- Via
- doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020187
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