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Aging: The Paradox Of Life [electronic resource] :The biological reasons for aging are now well understood / by Robin Holliday.

by Holliday, Robin [author.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.Description: XIV, 134 p. online resource.ISBN: 9781402056413.Subject(s): Medicine | Geriatrics | Biochemistry | Cytology | Evolution (Biology) | Medicine & Public Health | Geriatrics/Gerontology | Molecular Medicine | Cell Biology | Evolutionary Biology | Biochemistry, generalDDC classification: 618.97 | 612.67 Online resources: Click here to access online
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 to Discovery -- Resolution of the Paradox.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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.
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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 to Discovery -- Resolution of the Paradox.

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.

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