The book of immortality
the science, belief, and magic behind living forever
By Adam Gollner
"The book of immortality" is published by Scribner in 2013 - nyu, it has 402 pages and the language of the book is English.
“The book of immortality” Metadata:
- Title: The book of immortality
- Author: Adam Gollner
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 402
- Publisher: Scribner
- Publish Date: 2013
- Publish Location: nyu
“The book of immortality” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: Immortality - Immortalism - Immortality (Philosophy) - Future life
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: x, 402 pages ;
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL26644793M - OL18168802W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 846732678
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2013021957
- ISBN-13: 9781439109427 - 9781439109434 - 9781439127889
- ISBN-10: 1439109427 - 1439109435
- All ISBNs: 1439109427 - 1439109435 - 9781439109427 - 9781439109434 - 9781439127889
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"The book of immortality" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Prologue: On finitude and infinity
- 2- Introduction: The nature of immortality
- 3- Belief : We bereave, we believe ; Journey into remoteness ; The valley of astonishment ; Lessons of the teachings ; To sea and hear ; Beneath the gaze of eternity ; Technical interlude: writ in water ; The magical fountain ; Letters upon letters : dividing the invisible ; Almost real ; Let's run into the waves and spring back to life
- 4- Magic : Mystifier ; Escapology ; The sorcerer's lair ; Sleights of mind ; Technical interlude: magick, Eros, symbolism ; Transmuting magic into science
- 5- Science : Mercurial times ; Preservation's particulars: longevity and longing ; Biological calculus ; It was the future ; Refrigerator heaven ; Secret Santa Barbara ; The Harvard Symposium
- 6- If _____ is possible
- 7- Epilogue: Springs eternal.
"The book of immortality" Description:
The Open Library:
Journalist Adam Leith Gollner weaves together religion, science, and mythology in an exploration of the most universal of human obsessions: immortality. Raised without religion, Gollner was struck by mankind's tireless efforts to cheat aging and death. In a narrative that pivots between profundity and hilarity, he brings us into the world of those whose lives are shaped by a belief in immortality. Combining immersive reporting, rigorous research, and lyrical prose, he charts the rise of longevity science from its alchemical beginnings to modern-day genetic interventions, and delves into the symbolic representation of eternal life and its connection to water. Interlaced throughout is a meditation on the nature of belief, showing how every story we tell about immortality is a story about the meaning of death.--From publisher description.
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