Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
by Steven Johnson
In Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer bestselling author Steven Johnson—who among other books wrote the brilliant The Ghost Map—looks at what it is that has enabled human beings to radically increase their life expectancy over the last century.
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