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Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality

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內容簡介 「絕對令人著迷。」 —— 比爾·布萊森（Bill Bryson）「一場不可思議的旅程。」 —— 辛達塔·穆克吉（Siddhartha Mukherjee）【2025年美國出版商協會 PROSE 獎：生物科學年度最佳圖書】【2025年鸚鵡螺圖書獎（Nautilus Book Awards）：科學與宇宙學金獎】一場對長壽與死亡科學的開創性探索——出自諾貝爾獎分子生物學家文基·拉馬克里希南之手。對死亡的認知是如此令人恐懼，以至於我們生命中的大部分時間都活在對它的否認之中。童年最艱難的時刻之一，想必是當我們第一次意識到：不僅是自己，連同所有我們摯愛的人最終都會死去——而我們對此無能為力。或者至少，過去是如此。今天，我們正經歷一場生物學革命。在理解「我們為何衰老」以及「為何某些物種比其他物種長壽」方面，科學界正取得巨大的跨越。我們最終能否欺騙疾病與死亡，活得非常長久，甚至可能是目前壽命的許多倍？諾貝爾化學獎得主、英國皇家學會前會長文基·拉馬克里希南，將帶領我們踏上一場通往生物學前沿的引人入勝之旅，探討「人類是否注定死亡」。他涵蓋了近期科學研究的突破，審視了透過改變生理機能來延長壽命的最尖端嘗試。然而，死亡是否可能具備某種必要的生物學目的？試圖追求永生的社會與倫理代價又是什麼？《我們為什麼會死》（Why We Die） 出自頂尖公共知識分子之手，是一部充滿深刻見解與敘事之美的作品。"Utterly fascinating." —Bill Bryson"An incredible journey." —Siddhartha Mukherjee*WINNER OF THE 2025 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS PROSE AWARD FOR BEST BOOK ON BIOLOGY**2025 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS GOLD WINNER FOR SCIENCE AND COSMOLOGY*A groundbreaking exploration of the science of longevity and mortality—from Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Venki RamakrishnanThe knowledge of death is so terrifying that we live most of our lives in denial of it. One of the most difficult moments of childhood must be when each of us first realizes that not only we but all our loved ones will die—and there is nothing we can do about it.Or at least, there hasn’t been. Today, we are living through a revolution in biology. Giant strides are being made in understanding why we age—and why some species live longer than others. Could we eventually cheat disease and death and live for a very long time, possibly many times our current lifespan?Venki Ramakrishnan, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and former president of the Royal Society, takes us on a riveting journey to the frontiers of biology, asking whether we must be mortal. Covering the recent breakthroughs in scientific research, he examines the cutting edge of efforts to extend lifespan by altering our physiology. But might death serve a necessary biological purpose? What are the social and ethical costs of attempting to live forever?Why We Die is a narrative of uncommon insight and beauty from one of our leading public intellectuals.

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作者介紹 Venki Ramakrishnan shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for uncovering the structure of the ribosome. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, Venki runs the Ramakrishnan Lab at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. From 2015 to 2020, he served as president of the Royal Society, one of the world's oldest scientific organizations. He is the author of the frank scientific memoir Gene Machine.

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最佳賣點 : 【諾貝爾獎得主的長壽與永生思辨】我們真能欺騙死神，活出數倍的人生嗎？ 諾貝爾獎得主文基·拉馬克里希南帶領讀者直擊生物學革命前線，解析衰老真相。本書橫掃 2025 年多項科學大獎，在科技挑戰生命極限的今日，深度思辨長生的代價與生命意義。