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Mortal Coil: A Short History of Living Longer by David Boyd Haycock (Hardcover, 2008)

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An obsession with perpetual youth may seem a particularly modern phenomenon, but it is a goal that western scientists and philosophers have aspired to (and worked towards) for the last four hundred years.Mortal Coil explores the medical, scientific and philosophical theories behind the quest for the prolongation of human life. It was a conundrum that intrigued Sir Francis Bacon and underpinned the scientific revolution; ideas of ultimate perfectibility, indefinite progress, and worldly rather than heavenly immortality, fed directly into the spirit of the Enlightenment and further into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In today's world of genetic research, cryonics and nanotechnology, we still seek the same elusive philosopher's stone.From Adam and Eve to human cloning and designer babies, seventeenth-century lifestyle guides to science fiction, Haycock's gripping story introduces an array of fascinating individuals - Rene Descartes, Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Swift, Charles Darwin and Sigmund Freud as well as a score of unknown figures. Full of extraordinary stories and valuable insights, this is a curious, witty and captivating exploration into our unceasing desire to live forever.

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Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-13
9780300117783
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94729545

Product Key Features

Author
David Boyd Haycock
Publication Name
Mortal Coil: a Short History of Living Longer
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Medicine
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
216mm
Item Width
138mm

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
David Boyd Haycock
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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