Les enfants de Mathusalem

Roland Portiche

ISBN 10: 2234087139 / ISBN 13: 9782234087132

Published by Editions Stock Mär 2024, 2024

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Neuware - For 100,000 years mankind has tried everything to prolong a life that has always felt too short. The hereafter of religions, Christianity's resurrection of the body, the Fountain of Eternal Youth, elixirs prepared by alchemists, transfusions performed by charlatans, valleys of longevity, the supposed secrets of centenarians, the most outlandish of transplants - anything was acceptable if it added a few years to those nature had sparingly allocated. This book, the first overview of the subject, examines the illusions, discoveries, failures and even the latest physiological findings. Antioxidants, hormones, restricted calorie intake, telomerase, genetic programming. all the big questions are explored in clear and simple prose illustrated with concrete examples. Will the human race soon confront the watershed of reaching 150 as it currently does with reaching 100 And more importantly, how would this change the way we think, live together and understand life.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Les enfants de Mathusalem
• Publisher: Editions Stock Mär 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: French
• ISBN 10: 2234087139
• ISBN 13: 9782234087132
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 153H x 15D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 404 grams

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Synopsis

For 100,000 years mankind has tried everything to prolong a life that has always felt too short.

The hereafter of religions, Christianity's resurrection of the body, the Fountain of Eternal Youth, elixirs prepared by alchemists, transfusions performed by charlatans, valleys of longevity, the supposed secrets of centenarians, the most outlandish of transplants - anything was acceptable if it added a few years to those nature had sparingly allocated.

This book, the first overview of the subject, examines the illusions, discoveries, failures and even the latest physiological findings. Antioxidants, hormones, restricted calorie intake, telomerase, genetic programming... all the big questions are explored in clear and simple prose illustrated with concrete examples. Will the human race soon confront the watershed of reaching 150 as it currently does with reaching 100? And more importantly, how would this change the way we think, live together and understand life?

About the Author

Roland Portiche a écrit chez Stock Le retour des momies, des pharaons aux cyborgs, la quête de l’éternité et Mémoire totale, Hypermnésiques, pourquoi sont-ils des surdoués de la mémoire.