In the longevity circus, it takes all kinds of performers to make a show (Image: Glenn Copus/Associated Newspapers/Rex Features)
THE field of ageing research is full of characters. We have hucksters claiming that cures for ageing can be bought and sold; prophetic seers, their hands extended for money, warning that immortality is nigh; and would-be Nobelists working methodically in laboratories in search of a pill to slow ageing. Humanity seems to be on the verge of discovering this pill, but the story behind the search is as entertaining as the discovery will be revolutionary. These books chronicle the three-ring circus…
