num_pages: 320
description: This gripping narrative explores today's scientific pursuit of immortality with exclusive visits inside Silicon Valley labs and interviews with the visionaries who believe we will soon crack into the aging process and cure death.We live in an age when billionaires are betting their fortunes on laboratory advances to prove aging unnecessary and death a disease that can be cured. Researchers are delving into the mysteries of stem cells and the human genome discovering what it means to grow old and how to keep those processes from happening. This isn't science fiction; it's real it's serious and it's on track to revolutionize our definitions of life and mortality.In Immortality Inc. veteran science journalist Chip Walter gains exclusive access to the champions of this radical cause delivering a book that brings together for the first time the visions of molecular biologist and Apple chairman Arthur Levinson genomics entrepreneur Craig Venter futurist Ray Kurzweil rejuvenation trailblazer Aubrey de Grey and stem cell expert Robert Hariri. Along the way Walter weaves in fascinating conversations about life death aging and the future of the human race.
language: English
title: Immortality, Inc.: Renegade Science, Silicon Valley Billions, and the Quest to Live Forever
publisher: National Geographic Society