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Mortal Coil

A Short History of Living Longer

Mortal Coil( )
Author: Haycock, David Boyd
ISBN:978-0-300-15825-0
Publication Date:Feb 2010
Publisher:Yale University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $39.95
Book Description:

A highly engaging history of humankind's preoccupation with longevity, from 1600 to the present day 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...
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Book Details
Pages:320
Detailed Subjects: Health & Fitness / Longevity
Social Science / Death & Dying
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):1.3 x 2.08 x 0.27 cm
Book Weight:0.432 Kilograms



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