| Description |
224 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22cm |
| Contents |
1. Original perfection -- 2. By the grace of God -- 3. The body strikes back -- 4. Reason works miracles -- 5. The age of scientific utopia -- 6. Longevity in a time of ideologies -- 7. The religion of health |
| Summary |
"Using a variety of sources - religion, folk tradition, science, literature and art - Lucian Boia exposes the persistent human desire for longevity, which he shows to have been an extremely stable archetype throughout history. He also examines the scientific innovations in longevity made within each period of culture, and the differing ideologies and attitudes towards aging that have existed. Blood transfusions and Bulgarian yoghurt, science fiction and deep freezing, engineered body parts and testicular transplants all have their place in this wide-ranging account, in which the significance of geography, climate, diet and sex is also explored and explained."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the French |
| Subject |
Longevity -- History.
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Longevity -- Religious aspects.
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Longevity -- Social aspects.
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Longevity.
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| Author |
Selous, Trista, 1957- translator
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| ISBN |
1861891547 paperback |
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