The Dream of Eternal Life: Biomedicine, Aging and Immortality

by Mark Benecke

Can we grow old without dying? Why do we have to grow old at all? In this fascinating book Mark Benecke investigates the biological meaning of life and death and the prospects for extending human longevity, or even achieving immortality. The first section of the book discusses the biological fundamentals of why death exists and what modern biology, especially the biology of genetics, tells us about aging and death. Human life and death, Benecke explains,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231116721
• ISBN13: 9780231116725
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher