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Long for this world the strange science of immortality
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062000217 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 0062000217 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (x, 310 p.) - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, c2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Description based on print version record. |
| 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. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console |
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| Subject: | Immortalism Longevity Immortality (Philosophy) Science -- Miscellanea |
| Genre: | EBOOK. Electronic books. |
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Summary:
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.
