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Who wants to live forever?
Author(s) -
Gonos Efstathios S.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1093/embo-reports/kvf230
Subject(s) - dream , subject (documents) , narrative , style (visual arts) , art history , library science , history , art , literature , computer science , psychology , neuroscience
![][1] The Dream of Eternal Lifeby Mark BeneckeColumbia University Press, New York, NY196 pages, €28.50ISBN 0 23 111672 1Many people dream of being immortal; many authors of popular science books have explored this intriguing subject. The latest offering is The Dream of Eternal Life by forensic entomologist Mark Benecke. It is a good read for the scientist and non‐scientist alike. Benecke's fluent, narrative style carries the reader through the five chapters of the book, covering a wide range of subjects along the way.The book provides several novel angles on the various aspects of ageing. Benecke describes the underlying complex bio‐logy in a well‐presented manner for the general reader and balances this with other associated parameters ranging from nutrition to science‐fiction. However, the book lacks the required focus that would have been provided by an author more experienced in the already complex field of ageing. The first chapter introduces the reader to the very basics … [1]: /embed/graphic-1.gif