Mortal Coil: A Short History of Living Longer

by David Boyd Haycock

Book Overview

A highly engaging history of humankind's preoccupation with longevity, from 1600 to the present day An obsession with perpetual youth may seem a particularly modern phenomenon, but it is a goal that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300117787
• ISBN13: 9780300117783
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.8"