Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. Finding My Way 1
4. Chapter 1. Champagne and Hot Dogs 9
5. Chapter 2. Being Old, Having Cancer 25
6. Chapter 3. Paradox 38
7. Chapter 4. Scientific Import and Influence 49
8. Chapter 5. Language Lessons 65
9. Chapter 6. Aesthetics of Being and Having 76
10. Epilogue. Not a Denial of the Fact of Death, a Denial of Death Now 87
11. Postscript. Completed 95
12. Notes 99
13. References 103
14. Index 107
15. Acknowledgments 111