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Jellyfish age backwards : nature's secrets to longevity / Nicklas Brendborg ; translation by Dr. Elizabeth DeNoma and Nicklas Brendborg.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316414586 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: iv, 268 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Aging > Popular works. Developmental biology > Popular works. Longevity > Popular works. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | 612.68 Bre | 31681010306231 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Offers a revelatory scientific deep dive into how plants and animals have already unlocked the secrets to immortalityâand the lessons they hold for us all. - Baker & Taylor
Blending together the most cutting-edge research and stories from habitats all over the world, a molecular biologist explores what nature has to teach us about aging, revealing life spans we cannot imagine and physiological gifts that feel closer to magic than reality. - Grand Central Pub
This eye-opening book offers a "clear and captivating" (Dr. Kris Verburgh?)scientific deep dive into how plants and animals have already unlocked the secrets to immortalityâand the lessons they hold for us all.Â
Recent advances in medicine and technology have expanded our understanding of aging across the animal kingdom, and our own timeless quest for the fountain of youth. Yet, despite modern humans living longer today than ever before, the publicâs understanding of what is possible is limited to our speciesâuntil now. In this spunky, effervescent debut, the key to immortality is revealed to be a superpower within reach. With mind-bending stories from the natural world and our own, Jellyfish Age Backwards reveals lifespans we cannot imagine and physiological gifts that feel closer to magic than reality:
- There is a Greenland shark that was 286 years old when the Titanic sank, and is currently 390, making it older than the United States. Scientists predict it will live for another 100 years.
- Trees and lobsters donât âageâ in the way we know it. They simply get bigger and bigger.
- There are forms of radiation that have been known to actually increase the lifespans of certain species, from tortoises to naked mole-rats.
- There's a species of jellyfish, the size of a fingernail, that can age forwards, then, when threatened, age backwards and begin the process all over again.
Mixing cutting-edge research and stories from habitats all around the world, molecular biologist Nicklas Brendborg explores extended life cycles in all its varieties. Along the way, we meet a man who fasted for over a year; a woman who edited her own DNA; redwoods that survive thousands of years; and in the soil of Easter Island, the key to eternal youth. Jellyfish Age Backwards is a love letter to the immense power of nature, and what the immortal lives of many of earth's animals and plants can teach us about the secrets to longevity.
Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize
A New York Times Editor's Choice Pick
A Sunday Times (UK) Best Book of the YearÂ
