The long and the short of it : the science of life span and aging / Jonathan Silvertown.

  • Silvertown, Jonathan W.
Date:
[2013]
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2013]

Physical description

194 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Contributors

Contents

Death and immortality: destination 1 -- An hourglass on the run: life span -- After many a summer: aging -- The eternal thing: heredity -- Green age: plants -- The visionary solution: natural selection -- Semele's sacrifice: suicide -- Live fast, die young: pace -- Forever young?: mechanisms.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    UYC /SIL
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780226757896
  • 0226757897