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The Living End

The New Sciences of Death, Ageing and Immortality

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. G. Brown
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Part of the book series: Macmillan Science (MACSCI)

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Keywords

  • age
  • aging
  • cell
  • dementia
  • infections
  • Popular Science
  • society

About this book

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.

Reviews

Praise for The Energy of Life: "Guy Brown provides a wonderfully lucid and stimulating survey of all aspects of modern biology." - John Horgan, author of The Undiscovered Mind"A subject so basic, so pervasive, and yet no one has written a book about it before. Guy Brown has done an excellent job." - Susan Greenfield, Oxford University, author of The Human Brain: A Guided TourPraise for The Living End - the Future of Death, Aging, and Immortality"This book...is thought provoking, will expand our professional development and may enhance the way we lead our lives." - Sam Chenery-Morris, Nursing Standard

About the author

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Living End

  • Book Subtitle: The New Sciences of Death, Ageing and Immortality

  • Authors: G. Brown

  • Series Title: Macmillan Science

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-51757-8Published: 01 January 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95369-1Published: 09 July 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2947-7387

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-7395

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 280

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations

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