Signs of Life
A Curious History of Reviving the Dead
Will be published approx. on 26. August 2027
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-80522-650-5 (ISBN)
Description
For most of history, only the gods could bring back the dead. Yet today, resuscitation has brought millions of people back to life - some with vivid memories of what they saw on the other side.
In Signs of Life, Jemima Lewis tells the extraordinary story of our attempts to undo death - from medieval miracle cults to bizarre Victorian experiments, the resuscitation of Abraham Lincoln and the girl whose death mask became the most kissed face of all time. Drawing together history, medicine, science and religion, Signs of Life is the definitive history of an awesome, unpredictable science that has transformed the way we think about God, death, consciousness and the soul.
In Signs of Life, Jemima Lewis tells the extraordinary story of our attempts to undo death - from medieval miracle cults to bizarre Victorian experiments, the resuscitation of Abraham Lincoln and the girl whose death mask became the most kissed face of all time. Drawing together history, medicine, science and religion, Signs of Life is the definitive history of an awesome, unpredictable science that has transformed the way we think about God, death, consciousness and the soul.
Reviews / Votes
Medieval miracles to modern neuroscience and near death experience ... I was hooked by these extraordinary stories -- John Preston, author of A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL Praise for Ravenous: Fascinating . . .comprehensive and concise . . . a clear, reasoned and meticulously footnoted argument * FT * A highly readable account * Guardian * A powerful, engaging and urgent mandate for fixing our broken food system -- Thomasina MiersMore details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
Integrated B&W images as advised in pitch (ZSA)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80522-650-5 (9781805226505)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jemima Lewis is a journalist and author. The former editor of The Week, she has a column in the Daily Telegraph, and has also written for The Times, the Guardian, Independent, the New Scientist and the Spectator. Her first book, co-authored with Henry Dimbleby, was the Sunday Times bestseller Ravenous: How to Get Ourselves and Our Planet into Shape.