TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cave,Stephen
TI  - Immortality: the quest to live forever and how it drives civilization 
SN  - 9780307884916 (hbk.)
AV  - BD 421 C378i 2012
U1  - 129 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Crown Publishers
KW  - Inmortalidad
KW  - Inmortalidad (Filosofía)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p.[ 289]-310); A beautiful woman has come : the four paths to immortality --
Magic barriers : civilization and the elixir of life --
The vitamin cure : science versus the reaper --
St. Paul and the cannibals : the rise of resurrection --
Frankenstein redux : the modern reanimators --
Beatrice's smile : what happens in paradise --
The lost soul : reincarnation and the evidence of science --
Look on my works, ye mighty : everlasting fame --
The immortal seed : genes, Gaia and the things in between --
He who saw the deep : wisdom and mortality
N2  - 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
ER  -