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The
Wistar Institute’s 2004 Authors Series
Presents...
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Tuesday, May 4,
2004,
7 p.m.
Stephen S. Hall
Discusses His New Book
Merchants
of Immortality: Chasing the Dream of Human Life Extension
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• Free and Open to the Public (RSVP
Required)
• Dessert Reception to Follow
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award-winning writer explores science's boldest frontier -
extension of the human life span - with the researchers and
entrepreneurs who are racing to create medicines that will
allow us to live longer and better. Aging, cancer, stem cells,
cloning - the themes of Merchants of Immortality
are the stuff of today's headlines, yet they reflect some
of humankind's most ancient hopes and fears. Stephen S. Hall
delves behind the headlines to reveal just how close scientists
are to fulfilling hopes of longer, healthier lives.
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S. Hall is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine.
His pieces have also appeared in the New York Times Book
Review, the Atlantic Monthly, Smithsonian,
Technology Review, Science, and other periodicals.
He is the author of three critically acclaimed books about contemporary
science.
The Joseph Fox Bookshop will provide
books for sale at the event.
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Call 215-898-3943, or e-mail wyce@wistar.org. |
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