Longevity


 
 
Longevity

Longevity is long life or existence. Reflections on longevity have usually gone beyond acknowledging the basic shortness of human life and included thinking about, and conceiving, methods to extend life (indefinitely). Longevity has been a topic not only for the scientific community but also for writers of travel, science fiction and utopian novels. The record human lifespan that has been authenticated is the 122 years 164 days of Jeanne Calment, though fiction, legend, and mythology have proposed or claimed vastly longer lifespans in the past or future and longevity myths frequently allege them to exist in the present.

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Travel: Travel is the transport of people on a trip or journey. Reasons for travel include:...

Science fiction: Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology upon society and persons as individuals. In common with most fiction, science fiction is written mainly to entertain people. The borders of this genre are not well defined, and the...

Utopia: Utopia, in its most common and general positive meaning, refers to the human efforts to create a better society, a perfect society that does not exist (yet)....


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Introduction
Presently
Historically
Future
Longevity in fiction
Notes
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