The clock of ages
Medina, John
The clock of ages why we age, how we age, winding back the clock John J. Medina. - 1st pbk. ed. - Cambridge [England] New York Cambridge University Press 1997. - xi, 332 p. ill. 24 cm.
Originally published: 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-325) and index.
Who ages? -- A slippery overarching definition -- Humanizing aging and death -- Why age at all -- How do we age? -- How the skin and hair age -- The aging of bones, muscles and joints -- The aging of the brain -- How the heart ages -- The aging of the lungs -- What happens to the digestion -- How the senses age -- The aging of the reproductive system -- Why do we age? -- A tale of two theories -- Error accumulation -- Programmed death -- Winding back the clock.
0521594561 (pbk.)
95040712
Aging
Aging--physiology.
Aging--genetics.
Aging
Aging--Molecular aspects.
Aging--Genetic aspects.
612.67 / M4911c
The clock of ages why we age, how we age, winding back the clock John J. Medina. - 1st pbk. ed. - Cambridge [England] New York Cambridge University Press 1997. - xi, 332 p. ill. 24 cm.
Originally published: 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-325) and index.
Who ages? -- A slippery overarching definition -- Humanizing aging and death -- Why age at all -- How do we age? -- How the skin and hair age -- The aging of bones, muscles and joints -- The aging of the brain -- How the heart ages -- The aging of the lungs -- What happens to the digestion -- How the senses age -- The aging of the reproductive system -- Why do we age? -- A tale of two theories -- Error accumulation -- Programmed death -- Winding back the clock.
0521594561 (pbk.)
95040712
Aging
Aging--physiology.
Aging--genetics.
Aging
Aging--Molecular aspects.
Aging--Genetic aspects.
612.67 / M4911c