The Living End

The New Sciences of Death, Ageing and Immortality

G. Brown (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2019 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2008
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-95369-1 (ISBN)

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The decline of infections, starvation, warfare, heart attack and stroke has allowed people to reach extreme old age but ushered in disability, dementia and degenerative disease, with profound consequences for the self and society. Dr Guy Brown explores these vital issues at various levels, from the cell, to the whole body, to society.

Dr Guy Brown heads a research group at the University of Cambridge, UK working on cell death in the brain, the heart and in cancer. His previous book The Energy of Life (Harper-Collins/Simon& Schuster) won the Wellcome Trust Prize for popular science.

Introduction The changing face of death How we die Death in the brain Death is falling apart Death of self and soul Death occurs throughout life Aging Immortality The End

Erscheinungsdatum	20.12.2018
Reihe/Serie	Macmillan Science
Zusatzinfo	6 Illustrations, black and white; VII, 280 p. 6 illus.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik
Schlagworte	Age • aging • Cell • dementia • Infections • Popular science • Society
ISBN-10	1-349-95369-5 / 1349953695
ISBN-13	978-1-349-95369-1 / 9781349953691
Zustand	Neuware