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

By:

Silvertown, Jonathan W

Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013Description: 194 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780226757896

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

612.6/8 23

LOC classification:

QP85 .S495 2013

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.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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