Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality
- ISBN-10
- 0062000217
- ISBN-13
- 9780062000217
- Series
- Long for This World
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-06-22
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Author
- Jonathan Weiner
Description
“[A] searching and surprisingly witty look at the scientific odds against tomorrow.” —Timothy Ferris Jonathan Weiner—winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and one of the most distinguished popular science writers in America—examines “the strange science of immortality” in Long for This World. A fast-paced, sure-to-astonish scientific adventure from “one of our finest science journalists” (Jonah Lehrer), Weiner’s Long for This World addresses the ageless question, “Is there a secret to eternal youth?” And has it, at long last, been found?
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