The Price of Immortality: The Race to Live Forever

by Peter Ward

Book Overview

In the tradition of Jon Ronson and Tim Wu, an absorbing and revelatory journey into the American Way of Defying Death . . .

As longevity medicine revolutionizes the lives of many older people, the quest to take the next step--to live as long as we choose--has spurred a scientific arms race in search of the elixir of life, funded by Big Tech and Silicon Valley.

Once the stuff of Mesopotamian mythology and episodes of Star Trek,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612199526
• ISBN13: 9781612199528
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Melville House Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.1"