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008			160324s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9781250061706 _q(hardback)
020			_a1250061709 _q(hardback)
020			_z9781250061720 _q(e-book)
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050	0	0	_aQP86 _b.M585 2016
050	0	0	_aQP86 _b.M585 2016
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100	1		_aMitteldorf, Josh,
245	1	0	_aCracking the aging code : _bthe new science of growing old---and what it means for staying young / _cJosh Mitteldorf and Dorion Sagan
250			_aFirst edition
264		1	_aNew York : _bFlatiron Books, _c2016
300			_aviii, 326 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 309-318) and index
520			_a"A revolutionary examination of why we age, what it means for our health, and how we just might be able to fight it. In Cracking the Aging Code, theoretical biologist Josh Mitteldorf and award-winning writer and ecological philosopher Dorion Sagan reveal that evolution and aging are even more complex and breathtaking than we originally thought. Using meticulous multidisciplinary science, as well as reviewing the history of our understanding about evolution, this book makes the case that aging is not something that "just happens," nor is it the result of wear and tear or a genetic inevitability. Rather, aging has a fascinating evolutionary purpose: to stabilize populations and ecosystems, which are ever-threatened by cyclic swings that can lead to extinction. When a population grows too fast it can put itself at risk of a wholesale wipeout. Aging has evolved to help us adjust our growth in a sustainable fashion as well as prevent an ecological crisis from starvation, predation, pollution, or infection. This dynamic new understanding of aging is provocative, entertaining, and pioneering, and will challenge the way we understand aging, death, and just what makes us human."-- _cProvided by publisher
505	0		_aPreface : What this book is about -- Prologue : Your inner stalker / written by Dorion Sagan -- Introduction : How a lifelong obsession with aging and health became my career -- You are not a car : your body does not "wear out" -- The way of some flesh : the varieties of aging experience -- Darwin in a straitjacket : tracing modern evolutionary theory -- Theories of aging and aging of theories -- When aging was young : replicative senescence -- When aging was even younger : apoptosis -- The balance of nature : demographic homeostasis -- So we all don't die at once : wiles of the Black Queen -- Live longer right now -- The near future of aging -- All tomorrow's parties
650		0	_aAging _xPhysiological aspects
700	1		_aSagan, Dorion, _d1959-
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