The Resource Death : the scientific facts to help us understand it better, Richard Béliveau, Denis Gingras ; [translated from French (Canad a) by Barbara Sandilands]
Death : the scientific facts to help us understand it better, Richard Béliveau, Denis Gingras ; [translated from French (Canad a) by Barbara Sandilands]
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- Summary
- "Death is a comprehensive examination of that 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."--P. [4] of cover
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- 264 pages
- Note
- Originally published in French under the title: La mort
- 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
- Label
- Death : the scientific facts to help us understand it better
- Title
- Death
- Title remainder
- the scientific facts to help us understand it better
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Béliveau, Denis Gingras ; [translated from French (Canad a) by Barbara Sandilands]
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- "Death is a comprehensive examination of that 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."--P. [4] of cover
- Cataloging source
- NLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1953-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Béliveau, Richard
- Dewey number
- 571.9/39
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QH530
- LC item number
- .B4513 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Gingras, Denis
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Death (Biology)
- Life (Biology)
- Death
- Death
- Death
- Death
- Label
- Death : the scientific facts to help us understand it better, Richard Béliveau, Denis Gingras ; [translated from French (Canad a) by Barbara Sandilands]
- Note
- Originally published in French under the title: La mort
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 257) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 914760
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 264 pages
- Isbn
- 9781554079964
- Lccn
- 2012474086
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781554079964
- (OCoLC)777304297
- Label
- Death : the scientific facts to help us understand it better, Richard Béliveau, Denis Gingras ; [translated from French (Canad a) by Barbara Sandilands]
- Note
- Originally published in French under the title: La mort
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 257) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 914760
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 264 pages
- Isbn
- 9781554079964
- Lccn
- 2012474086
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781554079964
- (OCoLC)777304297
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