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01932aam a2200313 i 4500 001 DC9911ACCD0111ECB5E908A224ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220506010041 008 220405s2022 nyu b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1612199526 020 $a 9781612199528 035 $a (OCoLC)1311284300 040 $a MYL $b eng $e rda $c MYL $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 082 04 $a 612.6/8 $2 23/eng/20220405 100 1 $a Ward, Peter, $d 1985- $e author. 245 14 $a The price of immortality : $b the race to live forever / $c Peter Ward. 246 30 $a Race to live forever 264 1 $a Brooklyn : $b Melville House, $c 2022. 300 $a xiii, 273 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "As longevity medicine revolutionizes the lives of many older people, the quest to take the next step--to live as long as we choose--has spurred a scientific arms race in search of the elixir of life, funded by Big Tech and Silicon Valley. It has also empowered a wild-eyed fringe of pseudo-scientists, tech visionaries, scam-artists, and religious fanatics who have given their lives over to the pursuit of immortality. Starting off at the Church of Perpetual Life in Florida and exploring the feuding subcultures around the cryonics industry, Peter Ward immerses himself into an eccentric world of startups, scam artists, scientific institutions, and tech billionaires to deliver this deeply reported, nuanced, and sometimes very funny exploration of the race for immortality--and the potentially devastating consequences should humanity realize its ultimate dream"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-259) and index. 650 0 $a Longevity. 650 0 $a Immortalism. 941 $a 3 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230725010405.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20220630014844.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220506010217.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DC9911ACCD0111ECB5E908A224ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search