Cryonics & Cryopreservation: Waiting for the Future, will guide you through the basics of cryonics & cryopreservation and will focus on the scientists, doctors, and organizations who are trying to make the impossible a reality. Cryonics is the low-temperature preservation of animals and humans who cannot be sustained by contemporary medicine, with the hope that healing and resuscitation may be possible in the future. Cryopreservation of people or large animals is not reversible with current technology. It is proposed that cryopreserved people might someday be recovered by using highly advanced technology. This easy-to-read edition by Marvin Cooper is also a great reference source for this fascinating new field.