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.
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ISBN: 0060765364 (hbk.)
ISBN: 9780060765361 (hbk.)
Physical Description:printx, 310 p. ; 24 cm.
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:New York, NY : Ecco, c2010.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-297) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.