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9780060765392

Long for This World

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  • ISBN13:

    9780060765392

  • ISBN10:

    0060765399

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1900-01-01
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

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Summary

The dream of immortality is as old as mankind. Today, a charismatic and eccentric group of scientists, medical researchers, entrepreneurs, and philosophers believe that it is not only possible, but attainable in our own time. Could they be right?

Author Biography

Jonathan Weiner's books have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is the author of The Beak of the Finch; Time, Love, Memory; His Brother's Keeper; and other books. He lives in New York, where he teaches science writing at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

Table of Contents

The Phoenix
Immortal Longingsp. 3
The Problem of Mortalityp. 24
Life and Death of a Cellp. 45
Into the Nest of the Phoenixp. 71
The Hydra
The Evolution of Agingp. 87
The Garbage Catastrophep. 117
The Seven Deadly Thingsp. 145
The Methuselah Warsp. 175
The Weakest Linkp. 197
The Good Life
Long for This Worldp. 223
The Trouble with Immortalityp. 246
The Everlasting Yes and Nop. 268
Acknowledgmentsp. 283
Notes on Sources and Further Readingp. 285
Indexp. 299
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