How long does a tiger live?

Why can't everyone in nature live equally long? Pi the cat is 12 years old, and the vet says she's already an old lady. A 12-year-old girl, however, is still a child. Why do some people age so much faster than others? And why can some creatures live incredibly long lives? Is there something about a tortoise that allows it to live 180 years? And are we all the same inside? Why do we change over time? And could a machine be created that would allow us to live longer?

Björn Arild Ersland sets out to find out from the experts. Together with oceanographers, he becomes an expert on shrimp and catches fish capable of living for two hundred years. He encounters a very elderly tiger and, along the way, learns surprising facts about the ages of various animals.

The author interviews a biologist, a botanist, a pathologist, a microbiologist, a veterinarian, and even a neurologist. And all the scientists he meets have something to say about the age and lifespan of living things. This wonderful popular science book won Norway's most prestigious literary prize, the Bragi Prize, in 2016.

Björn Arild Ersland

Publisher: Peter

Pages: 96

Cover: hardback

Size: 240x171x10 mm