Time Of Our Lives: The Science of Human Ageing

Time Of Our Lives: The Science of Human Ageing

by ThomasKirkwood (Author)

Synopsis

In this text, Thomas Kirkwood examines closely why we age, how human ageing compares to that of other animal species, what the menopause is for, why our memories fail as we get older and whether cancer is inevitable. Looking at the subject from a variety of perspectives, the book also projects us hundreds of years into a future where most of the symptoms of ageing have been conquered - and shows us what society could be like.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 16 Mar 2000

ISBN 10: 0753809206
ISBN 13: 9780753809204
Book Overview: As serialized in The Times .

Author Bio
Tom Kirkwood is Professor of Biological Gerontology at the University of Manchester. He is the discoverer of the crucially important disposable soma' theory of ageing, which is now accepted orthodoxy worldwide.