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{{cquote|Ettinger's reflections on the work of Rostand and other scientists led him to collect his ideas on cryonics into a book. Doubleday, the publishers, sent a review copy to Mensan [[Isaac Asimov]], who gave it a clean scientific bill of health. The book appeared in nine languages, four editions, and became the bible of the cryonics movement. Ettinger found himself appearing on Time and Newsweek and nationwide TV.<ref>[http://www.cryonicssociety.org/articles_mensajournal.html A Brain Is A Terrible Thing To Waste Mensans, Cryonics, and The Fight To Extend Human Life] by David Pascal, Published in the November/December 2005 issue of Mensa Bulletin</ref>}}
 
{{cquote|Ettinger's reflections on the work of Rostand and other scientists led him to collect his ideas on cryonics into a book. Doubleday, the publishers, sent a review copy to Mensan [[Isaac Asimov]], who gave it a clean scientific bill of health. The book appeared in nine languages, four editions, and became the bible of the cryonics movement. Ettinger found himself appearing on Time and Newsweek and nationwide TV.<ref>[http://www.cryonicssociety.org/articles_mensajournal.html A Brain Is A Terrible Thing To Waste Mensans, Cryonics, and The Fight To Extend Human Life] by David Pascal, Published in the November/December 2005 issue of Mensa Bulletin</ref>}}
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Isaac Asimov was a popular American [[science fiction]] writer and a professor of biochemistry at Boston University. He was an atheist.<ref>[http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/219935-i-am-an-atheist-out-and-out-it-took-me Isaac Asimov quote]</ref>  According to The Cryonics Society, Asimov said of cryonics, "Though no one can quantify the probability of cryonics working, I estimate it is at least 90%..."<ref>[http://www.cryonicssociety.org/aboutcryonics_critics.html Cryonics and critics], The Cryonics Society</ref>  
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Isaac Asimov was a popular American [[science fiction]] writer and a professor of biochemistry at [[Boston University]]. He was also an atheist.<ref>[http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/219935-i-am-an-atheist-out-and-out-it-took-me Isaac Asimov quote]</ref>  According to The Cryonics Society, Asimov said of cryonics, "Though no one can quantify the probability of cryonics working, I estimate it is at least 90%..."<ref>[http://www.cryonicssociety.org/aboutcryonics_critics.html Cryonics and critics], The Cryonics Society</ref>  
    
=== Atheist and cognitive scientist Marvin Minsky endorsed cryonics ===
 
=== Atheist and cognitive scientist Marvin Minsky endorsed cryonics ===
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