Advancing Conversations: Aubrey De Grey - Advocate For An Indefinite Human Lifespan
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (585 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1785353969 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 80 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Thought-provoking exploration of the science and ethics of life-extension" according to M.K. Hobson. A fascinating, wide-ranging conversation that not only explores the science of life-extension, but also the ethical and philosophical ramifications.. Five Stars Great.
Stated more directly, Aubrey de Grey and his organization aim to defeat aging. The biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey, as the world's pre-eminent longevity advocate, is nothing if not future oriented. In 2005 a panel of scientists and doctors from MIT, Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Microsoft, and the Venter Institute participated in a contest to judge whether de Grey's "Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence" were worthy of debate and verification or whether these ideas were wrong on their face. Advancing Conversations is a line of interview books documenting conversations with artists, authors, philosophers, economists, scientists, and activists whose works are aimed at the future and at progress. De Grey
Douglas Lain is the publisher of Zero Books. He is also a writer, blogger, and the podcaster behind Zero Squared.
He is also a writer, blogger, and the podcaster behind Zero Squared.. About the AuthorDouglas Lain is the publisher of Zero Books