Long for this world :
Weiner, Jonathan.
Long for this world : the strange science of immortality / Jonathan Weiner. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Ecco, c2010. - x, 310 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-297) and index.
The phoenix. Immortal longings ; The problem of mortality ; Life and death of a cell ; Into the nest of the phoenix -- The hydra. The evolution of aging ; The garbage catastrophe ; The seven deadly things ; The Methuselah wars ; The weakest link -- The good life. Long for this work ; The trouble with immortality ; The everlasting yes and no.
This rollicking scientific adventure story is science writing of the highest order and with the highest stakes. Could we live forever? And if we could--would we want to?--From publisher description.
0060765364 (hbk.) 9780060765361 (hbk.)
2010281734
Immortalism.
Longevity.
Immortality (Philosophy)
Science--Miscellanea.
QP85 / .W425 2010
612.6 WEI
Long for this world : the strange science of immortality / Jonathan Weiner. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Ecco, c2010. - x, 310 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-297) and index.
The phoenix. Immortal longings ; The problem of mortality ; Life and death of a cell ; Into the nest of the phoenix -- The hydra. The evolution of aging ; The garbage catastrophe ; The seven deadly things ; The Methuselah wars ; The weakest link -- The good life. Long for this work ; The trouble with immortality ; The everlasting yes and no.
This rollicking scientific adventure story is science writing of the highest order and with the highest stakes. Could we live forever? And if we could--would we want to?--From publisher description.
0060765364 (hbk.) 9780060765361 (hbk.)
2010281734
Immortalism.
Longevity.
Immortality (Philosophy)
Science--Miscellanea.
QP85 / .W425 2010
612.6 WEI