Long for this world : the strange science of immortality /
Weiner, Jonathan.
New York, N.Y. : Ecco,
2011, c2010.
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.
Includes bibliographical references 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 world ; 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.
Immortalism.
Longevity.
Immortality (Philosophy)
Science