{"value"=>"<p>The research files are arranged alphabetically and reflect Esfandiary's intellectual activity during the last three decades of his life. The files support his unpublished manuscripts, \"Abundance and Immortality: The Post Industrial World 2000-2040,\" \"Countdown to Immortality,\" and \"Guide to the Post-Industrial Age.\" The files also provide evidence of general research interests in communications, immortality and genetics and are a useful subject file of breakthroughs in science and technology from 1970-1999. Esfandiary's research methods included the insertion of clipping files from a wide range of periodicals into notebooks with added commentary and notes. Files relating to Esfandiary's lifesuit represent his ongoing development of experimental clothing that incorporated the scientific advances of the time.</p>"}