Long for This World : The Strange Science of Immortality

from heike6

It is difficult to rate the book as a whole, for the first two of the three parts were excellent. I found it to be a faster-paced read than most fiction, yet I still learned quite a bit. The writing style is that of a memoir. It is, essentially, a memoir of the parts of the author's life wherein ...

from gayla.bassham

Entertaining. If you really want to know the nuts and bolts of the science, this isn't the book to read, though. Weiner delves more into the personalities behind the science, particularly Aubrey de Gray. And Weiner is also interested in questions about why we would pursue immortality and whether ...

from puttocklibrary

While I have occassionally thought about aging and death, I've never thought there was any real science about it, other than the fact that it's human (and animal, for that matter) nature. This book made me understand a lot more about what it means to be mortal--and what it might mean to be really...

from puttocklibrary

While I have occassionally thought about aging and death, I've never thought there was any real science about it, other than the fact that it's human (and animal, for that matter) nature. This book made me understand a lot more about what it means to be mortal--and what it might mean to be really...