Aging: The Paradox of Life: Why We Age

by Robin Holliday

Book Overview

For centuries people have been puzzled by the inevitability of human aging. For most of the second half of the twentieth century aging remained a mystery, or an unsolved biological problem. At the end of the 20th century a remarkable scientific discovery emerged. It was not a single discovery in the usual sense, because it was based on a series of important interconnected insights over quite a long period of time. These insights made it possible...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048174163
• ISBN13: 9789048174164
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"