Why We Age: What Science is Discovering About the Body's Journey Through Life

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Hardcover
1997
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Is there an aging gene? Can hormone therapy really extend life? Do antioxidants actually slow the aging process? The compelling Why We Age investigates these and other findings about what aging is, when it starts, and why it happens.

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Is there an aging gene? Can hormone therapy really extend life? Do antioxidants actually slow the aging process? The compelling Why We Age investigates these and other findings about what aging is, when it starts, and why it happens.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 15 Aug 1997
ISBN 10: 0471148032
ISBN 13: 9780471148036

Media Reviews

Austad's book can be read with pleasure and profit by any intelligent person with a smattering of biological knowledge. --Science

In this clear, engrossing overview, Austad takes the sting out of a subject that will ultimately capture us all. --Publishers Weekly

Why We Age is remarkably rigorous in its analysis and thorough in scope . . . a comprehensive examination of its topic. --Science Expert Editors, Amazon.com

Author Bio

STEVEN N. AUSTAD, Ph.D., is Professor of Zoology at the University of Idaho and an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He is a leading specialist on the subject of aging and serves as science adviser to National Public Radio, and regularly contributes to such periodicals as Scientific American and Natural History.