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Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality

By (author) Dr Jonathan Weiner





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""[A] searching and surprisingly witty look at the scientific odds against tomorrow."" --Timothy FerrisJonathan 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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Normally shipped | Enquiries only
Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Published date | 22 Jun 2010
Language |
Format | Hardback
Pages | 320
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 479g
ISBN | 978-0-0607-6536-1
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BISAC | medical / anatomy


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