Screen LibraryThe immortalists：Charles Lindbergh, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and their daring quest to live forever
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Ecco,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 337 p., [8] p. of plates: ill., ports. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780060528157 006052815X |
| Index Number: | R339 |
| CLC: |
R339.3 R16 |
| Call Number: | R339.3/F911 |
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Exchange. Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-320) and index. The true story of how, 75 years ago, two men--one the most famous man in the world, the other thought by many to be the world's smartest--searched for a scientific path to a life without death. In 1927 Lindbergh was the first person to fly non-stop from New York to Paris, a feat most people then thought impossible. In 1930, Lindbergh met Alexis Carrel, then regarded as the most brilliant doctor who ever lived. Lindbergh's sister-in-law suffered from a heart condition that her doctors deemed hopeless, and he didn't understand why they could not simply replace her heart with a mechanical pump. Carrel himself was pursuing similar ideas, and a friendship and scientific partnership began, attempting to build a machine that could keep whole organs alive. They thought that this process could potentially render certain chosen human beings immortal.--From publisher description. |