{"product_id":"morbid-saul-justin-newman-9780262052719","title":"Morbid: Debunking Modern Longevity Science","description":"\u003cb\u003eA darkly comedic journey into the science of aging--where ethics are irrelevant, the studies are a sales pitch, and the \"world's oldest living people\" all turn out to be dead.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur morbid fascination with death and dying has created an opening for all manner of skullduggery in the science of aging--an area of study that \u003ci\u003eMorbid\u003c\/i\u003e reveals to be rife with misleading claims, mistaken assumptions, and outright chicanery. The world's oldest man is a fake, hundreds of thousands of the world's oldest people are actually dead, and five decades of research on human longevity is moot. What begins with a petition to exhume a famous corpse descends into amusing, if edifying, chaos as Saul Justin Newman sets out to discover what's rotten and what's real in the science of dying. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnraveling an immense scientific scandal, the author finds researchers promoting the \"anti-aging\" benefits of sleeping with underage girls, a billionaire is wrapped up in a scheme to tap the blood of Texas teenagers, the whole field of aging awash in dubious money--and himself somehow accused by a CIA operative of spying for Russia. But under the shocking absurdities lurk deadly serious questions about how people age and die, how long they live and why--questions Newman addresses with genuine curiosity and scientific rigor, contributing mathematical evidence and evolutionary insights into the mystery and mechanics of why we age and why we die.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Saul Justin Newman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262052717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262052719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Saul Justin Newman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965481664767,"sku":"9780262052719","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_007d4a58-c37c-4d5a-a54d-bcaeca6da8c5.jpg?v=1767280860","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/morbid-saul-justin-newman-9780262052719","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}