Summary
Nicklas Brendborg: The Immortality of a Small Jellyfish
Recent advances in medicine and technology have expanded our understanding of aging to the entire animal kingdom and fueled man's timeless search for the fountain of youth. Yet despite the fact that modern humans are living longer than ever before, the general public was unaware of what was truly possible - until now. In his vivid, enthusiastic work The Immortality of a Little Jellyfish, Nicklas Brendborg discovers whether the key to immortality is a superpower within our reach, illustrating his discoveries with amazing stories from the world of nature and people, introducing us to the unimaginable life span of some plants and animals, as well as discovering some physiological gifts of nature that are closer to magic than reality.
Combining cutting-edge research with stories from habitats around the world, molecular biologist Niklas Brandborg studies the extended life cycle in all its variants, enriching his work with numerous interesting facts. Thus, in his book, we meet a man who fasted for more than a year, a woman who changed her own DNA, sequoias that survive for thousands of years, and in the soil of Easter Island – the key to eternal youth.
The immortality of a tiny jellyfish is a love letter to the immense power of nature and a thank you for what the secret of the longevity of many terrestrial animals and plants can teach us.
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