TY - BOOK AU - Silvertown,Jonathan W. TI - The long and the short of it: the science of life span and aging SN - 9780226757896 AV - QP85 .S495 2013 U1 - 612.6/8 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Chicago, London PB - The University of Chicago Press KW - Longevity KW - Life spans (Biology) KW - Aging N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -