The price of immortality : the race to live forever / Peter Ward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ward, Peter, 1985- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Longevity.

Immortalism.

Medical Subjects:

Longevity.

Physical Description:

xiii, 273 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn : Melville House, 2022.

Summary:

"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. It has also empowered a wild-eyed fringe of pseudo-scientists, tech visionaries, scam-artists, and religious fanatics who have given their lives over to the pursuit of immortality. Starting off at the Church of Perpetual Life in Florida and exploring the feuding subcultures around the cryonics industry, Peter Ward immerses himself into an eccentric world of startups, scam artists, scientific institutions, and tech billionaires to deliver this deeply reported, nuanced, and sometimes very funny exploration of the race for immortality--and the potentially devastating consequences should humanity realize its ultimate dream"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Immortalists of Hollywood, Florida

2. A Drastic Plan B

3. The Curious Case of the Missing Frozen Head

4. How to Pay for a Second Life

5. The Eternal Prize

6. The Valley Shadowing Death

7. Know Thyself

8. DIY Immortality

9. Regeneration

10. The Immortal Jellyfish

11. The Digital Resurrection

12. A Race to the Bottom

13. The Consequence of Immortality.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781612199528

1612199526

OCLC:

1311284300