Long for this world : the strange science of immortality / Jonathan Weiner.

  • Weiner, Jonathan.
Date:
[2010], ©2010
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Description

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.

Publication/Creation

New York, NY : Ecco, [2010], ©2010.

Physical description

x, 310 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-297) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WT116 2010W42l
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780060765361
  • 0060765364