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• Title:Aging : the paradox of life : why we age / Robin Holliday.
  
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• Author/Creator:Holliday, R. (Robin), 1932-2014.
  
• Published/Created:Dordrecht : Springer, ©2007.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WT104 .H648 2007
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Aging.
  Age factors in disease.
  Aging--Prevention.
  
• Medical Subjects: Aging.
  Biological Evolution.
  Longevity.
  
• Description:ix, 132 pages : ill. ; cm.
  
• Summary:"For centuries people have been puzzled by the inevitability of human aging. For most of the second half of the twentieth century aging remained a mystery, or an unsolved biological problem. At the end of the 20th century a remarkable scientific discovery emerged. It was not a single discovery in the usual sense, because it was based on a series of important interconnected insights over quite a long period of time. These insights made it possible for the very first time to understand the biological reasons for aging in animals and man. It can already be said, however, that the many observations and insights that explain aging will not be accepted as established knowledge for a long time. The field is still full of scientists, and non-scientists, who are just happy to go on speculating about the "mystery" of aging. The aim of this book is to dispel ignorance by explaining in non-technical language what are the reasons for aging and the myth of excessive prolongation of life."--Publisher description.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (page [123]) and index.
  
• ISBN:9781402056406 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  1402056400 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  9781402056413 (e-book)
  1402056419 (e-book)
  
• Contents:Longevity
  Body architecture
  Maintenance of the body
  Multiple causes
  The ancient origins of ageing
  Mice and men
  How many genes?
  The evolution of human longevity
  Myths of life extension
  Doctors' dilemma
  The modulation of longevity
  Ageing and the angels
  Longevity, population pressure and warfare
  Dialogue between life and death
  The road discovery
  Resolution of the paradox.