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Immortality : the quest to live forever and how it drives civilization

A narrative citing the activities of historical figures and leading modern scientists demonstrates how the innate desire to live forever has contributed to humanity's most significant achievements in science, medicine, religion, and art.

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  • "Immortality shows how the quest to live forever has driven the development of human civilisation, and how that quest is now coming to a climax through modern science. It argues that humans are hardwired to pursue eternal life, and that the way they have done so has stayed remarkably consistent through the ages. All the main beliefs on defying death, from freeing your soul to freezing your brain, fall into four simple categories, the four paths to immortality. Although all four paths are ancient, science is now showing us, for the first time in human history, which of them could really lead to infinity. Immortality uses the stories of ten exceptional characters, from Queen Nefertiti to the Dalai Lama, to show how these four paths have shaped our culture from ancient times through to today. Unlike most books on this hugely popular subject, Immortality does not argue from a particular religious viewpoint. Written by Stephen Cave, philosopher (PhD, Cambridge) and regular writer for the Financial Times, it shows general readers how the latest research in fields from anti ageing to neuroscience is providing new answers to life's most important question."
  • "Immortality shows how the quest to live forever has driven the development of human civilisation, and how that quest is now coming to a climax through modern science. It argues that humans are hardwired to pursue eternal life and that the way they have done so has stayed remarkably consistent through the ages."
  • "A narrative citing the activities of historical figures and leading modern scientists demonstrates how the innate desire to live forever has contributed to humanity's most significant achievements in science, medicine, religion, and art."
  • "A narrative citing the activities of historical figures and leading modern scientists demonstrates how the innate desire to live forever has contributed to humanity's most significant achievements in science, medicine, religion, and art."@en
  • "'Immortality' shows how the quest to live forever has driven the development of human civilisation, and how that quest is now coming to a climax through modern science."
  • "There is a cloud-capped peak where gods and immortals while away their infinite days, and since the dawn of humanity everyone - whether they know it or not - has been trying to climb that mountain. But there are only four paths up its treacherous slope. Throughout history, people have wagered everything on their choice and fought wars against those who've decided differently. Each of these four paths - simply staying alive indefinitely, through magic or medicine; being resurrected; persisting as a soul; or living on through one's legacy - is revealed to us by a historical figure who serves as."@en

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  • "Immortality : the quest to live forever and how it drives civilization"
  • "Immortality : the quest to live forever and how it drives civilization"@en
  • "Immortality : Testing Civilisation's Greatest Promise"
  • "Immortality the Quest to Live Forever and How it Drives Civilisation"@en
  • "Immortality"@en
  • "Unsterblich die Sehnsucht nach dem ewigen Leben als Triebkraft unserer Zivilisation"
  • "Unsterblich : die Sehnsucht nach dem ewigen Leben als Triebkraft unserer Zivilisation"
  • "Immortality : [the quest to live forever and how it drives civilization]"
  • "Immortality [the quest to live forever and how it drives civilization]"
  • "Immortality the quest to live forever and how it drives civilization"@en
  • "Immortality : testing civilisation's greatest promise"@en
  • "Immortality : the quest to live forever and how it drives civilisation"@en
  • "Immortality : the quest to live forever and how it drives civilisation"
  • "Immortality testing civilisation's greatest promise"

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