Long For This World: The Strange Science of Immortality

By Jonathan Weiner

Book Overview

" 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?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060765364
• ISBN13: 9780060765361
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"