01402nam a2200289Ia 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030010001500071020002200086040002300108082002300131100002400154245008700178250001700265260006900282300002900351500003200380504006600412505047000478650001700948650003000965650002800995650001701023650003701040650003501077268359OCoLC20160527193826.0980123r19971996enka     b    001 0 eng d  a 95040712   a0521594561 (pbk.)  aUUAcUUAdABFdVET00220a612.67bM4911c1 aMedina, John2Local14aThe clock of agesbwhy we age, how we age, winding back the clockcJohn J. Medina.  a1st pbk. ed.  aCambridge [England]aNew YorkbCambridge University Pressc1997.  axi, 332 p.bill.c24 cm.  aOriginally published: 1996.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [317]-325) and index.0 aWho 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. 0aAging2Local 2aAgingxphysiology.2Local 2aAgingxgenetics.2Local 2aAging2Local 0aAgingxMolecular aspects.2Local 0aAgingxGenetic aspects.2Local