How to Live Forever

How to clone a sheep.

How to build a brain.

How to boil a planet.

How to save the world.

From the microscopic to the cosmic, this book takes you on a glorious tour of the known universe and beyond, encompassing alien worlds, bizarre life forms, quantum weirdness, parallel dimensions and dissected brains along the way.

“'Jha's clear writing style organises these big ideas in a way that makes them a pleasure to revisit, and an eye-opener if you're discovering them for the first time' BBC Science Focus Magazine.”

Science Focus Magazine

Alok Jha is a science and environment correspondent at the Guardian newspaper, specialising in green technologies. In addition to writing news and comment, he presents the Science Weekly podcast and looks after the Guardian's science website. He graduated with a physics degree from Imperial College London. He lives in London.

Are you baffled by complex scientific theories? Do you think science is only for boffins in white coats? In How to Live Forever Alok Jha brings to life thirty-five key science ideas in a way that can be understood by everyone. From the microscopic to the cosmic, this book takes you on a glorious tour of the known universe and beyond, embracing alien worlds, bizarre life forms, quantum weirdness, parallel dimensions and dissected brains along the way. You'll discover how to travel through time, how to boil a planet, how to turn sunbeams into oak trees and much more.

How to clone a sheep. How to build a brain. How to boil a planet. How to save the world. From the microscopic to the cosmic, this book takes you on a glorious tour of the known universe and beyond, encompassing alien worlds, bizarre life forms, quantum weirdness, parallel dimensions and dissected brains along the way.

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