Why we die : the new science of aging and the quest for immortality
(2024)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
NEW 616.078/RAMAKRISHNAN,V
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
©2024
©2024
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780063113275, 0063113279 :, 0063113279, 9780063113275
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Introduction -- The immortal gene and the disposable body -- Live fast and die young -- Destroying the master controller -- The problem with ends -- Resetting the biological clock -- Recycling the garbage -- Less is more -- Lessons from a lowly worm -- The stowaway within us -- Aches, pains, and vampire blood -- Crackpots or prophets? -- Should we live forever?
"A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we age and die-from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan"--