Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It Drives Civilization

The Immortals by Stephen Cave is a thought-provoking exploration of humanity's obsession with immortality.

This book delves into the history of our quest for eternal life, examining whether living forever is truly desirable.

Through mind-bending thought experiments and engaging examples, Cave challenges readers to consider the implications of acquiring a perfectly disease-free body or resurrecting the atomic constituents of those who have died.

The Immortals invites us to confront the possibility that there may be no afterlife, and asks what we would do if tomorrow humanity discovered that there is only one life.

Would we continue to please our bosses or pursue pet projects? This captivating work of popular philosophy and history will leave readers pondering the true meaning of existence and the lengths to which we will go to defy mortality.