Wednesday, January 18, 2012

One of my heroes

Aubrey de Grey (Greyinga-Álfrekur), aðalvísindafulltrúi (chief scientific officer) Metaldursáastofnunarinnar (of the Methusalah foundation). If this man succeeds in putting his plan into practice, he will be the greatest scientist ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgLRhxvRlKg
http://sens.org/

Greyinga-Álfrekur: Aubrey de Grey (The surname de Grey is of Norman origin and derives from a place-name. The name of the family then becomes Greyingar, which I prepositioned as in the constructions Hrafna-Flóki or Göngu-Hrólfur. I do realize that this prepositioning of genitive plural forms of foreign surnames is bold and radical a construction but the problem was that it solved the problem one encounters when postpositioning it: Álfrekur Greyingaættarinnar?, Álfrekur frá Greyi (too international!)?, Álfrekur af Greyingaætt?. The only true Icelandic solution is to construct foreign names in the same way as "Hrafna-Flóki" or "Göngu-Hrólfur" are formed: Genitive plural of a nick-name, a word or surname followed by the Icelandicized foreign personal name: Greyinga-Álfrekur.
The personal name Aubrey derives from Alberich and consists of alf "elf" and ric "power". Alberich was the name of the sorcerer king of the dwarfs in Germanic mythology. The Heimskringla mentions the form Álfrekur, instead of the possible variants Elfríkur, Elfrekur and Álfríkur: "Það skal eg segja yður, Álfrekur riddari, þegar tíminn til endurgjaldsins kemur.
Methusalah: Metaldursái, Margaldafaðir, Metöldrungur, Margöldungur
(Margaldafaðir is a alternative descriptive name for this biblical figure consisting of met (record) + aldur (age, gen. aldurs-) + faðir (father) or met + aldur + ungur, metöldrungur)
Methusalah Generation (film): Metaldursáakynslóð, Metöldrungskynslóð, Margöldungskynslóð
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/structurefilms/the-methuselah-generation-the-science-of-living-fo
Metusalah foundation: Metaldursáastofnun
http://www.mprize.org/
Methusalah Mouse Prize, MPrize: Metaldursmúsarverðlaun
rejuvenation biotechnologies, rejuveneering: aföldrunarlækningar, uppyngingarlíftækni
preventative geriatrics: forvarnaröldrunarlækningar

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