Unexpected Life: A Short History of Living Longer by Steven Johnson

Unexpected Life: A Short History of Living Longer

Steven Johnson

284 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction health history science informative reflective medium-paced
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The surprising and important story of how humans gained what amounts to an extra life, from the bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come From As a species we have doubled our life expectancy in just one hundred years. All...

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reflective 62%
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challenging 12%
lighthearted 12%

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slow 22%

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