Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality - Softcover

Weiner, Dr Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060765399 ISBN 13: 9780060765392

Publisher: Ecco Press, 2011

Synopsis

"[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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[( By Weiner, Jonathan( Author )Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality[ LONG FOR THIS WORLD: THE STRANGE SCIENCE OF IMMORTALITY ] By Weiner, Jonathan ( Author )Mar-01-2011 Paperback Paperback Mar- 01-2011 )]

Review:

"Bizarre, fascinating, and fun."--Rebecca Skloot, author of THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS

"I love this book. It is a mesmerizing blend of vivid (sometimes hilarious) reporting, wide-ranging scholarship, and the thoughtful probing of a great mystery. Like everything Jonathan Weiner does, it is far more than the sum of its parts."--James Gleick

"Taxes may be inevitable, but death? Maybe not so much, suggests Jonathan Weiner, one of our finest science writers, in this searching and surprisingly witty look at the scientific odds against tomorrow."--Timothy Ferris

"A brilliant and improbably funny look inside the mind-bending science of immortality."--Village Voice

"In LONG FOR THIS WORLD, Jonathan Weiner brings his immense talents--his masterful prose, his deep reporting, and his ability to see connections across the human experience--to one of science's most intriguing frontiers: the science of aging."--Carl Zimmer, author of THE TANGLED BANK: An Introduction to Evolution and PARASITE REX

"LONG FOR THIS WORLD is a rich and fascinating study of the longing for immortality and our lingering doubts about the possibility of surpassing our mortal limits."--Simon Critchley, author of THE BOOK OF DEAD PHILOSOPHERS

"I admire all of Jonathan Weiner's books, but this one especially because of its intellectual depth and clarity, its sense of personal involvement, and its tone and wit. The chapter on the evolution of aging is particularly brilliant! I couldn't put the book down."--Oliver Sacks

"Jonathan Weiner has done it again. In LONG FOR THIS WORLD, one of our finest science journalists explores the shadowy sword hanging over us all, weaving together the latest research with time-tested cultural wisdom. Will we ever live forever? And would we even want to?"--Jonah Lehrer, author of HOW WE DECIDE

"A great trip.... Weiner writes engagingly [and] explores the fractured, fuzzy science and pseudoscience of immortality."--Abraham Verghese, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

I admire all of Jonathan Weiner s books, but this one especially because of its intellectual depth and clarity, its sense of personal involvement, and its tone and wit. The chapter on the evolution of aging is particularly brilliant! I couldn t put the book down. --Oliver Sacks"

About this edition

• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0060765399
• ISBN 13: 9780060765392
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320