Freezing People Is (Not) Easy: My Adventures In Cryonics

Bob Nelson was no ordinary T.V. repairman. One day he discovered a book that ultimately changed his entire life trajectory --The Prospect of Immortality by Professor Robert Ettinger. From it, he learned about cryonics: a process in which the body temperature is lowered during the beginning of the dying process to keep the brain intact, so that those frozen could potentially be reanimated in the future.

A world of possibilities unfolded for Nelson, as he relentlessly pursued cryonics and be...