Long for this world : the strange science of immortality / Jonathan Weiner.
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TextPublication details: New York, NY : Ecco, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 310 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0060765364 (hbk.)
- 9780060765361 (hbk.)
- 612.6 WEI 22nd
- QP85 .W425 2010
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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.
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