Long Tomorrow : How Advances in Evolutionary Biology Can Help Us Postpone Aging.
The conquest of aging is now within our grasp. It hasn't arrived yet, writes Michael R. Rose, but a scientific juggernaut has started rolling and is picking up speed. A long tomorrow is coming. In The Long Tomorrow, Rose offers us a delightfully written account of the modern science of aging, s...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Oxford University Press,
2006.
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- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1: The Sphinx and the Rabbi; 2: Maynard Smith's Shirts; 3: Cell Gang; 4: The Force; 5: Goon Show Einstein; 6: Tiny Methuselahs; 7: The Postman Rings Again; 8: Cheshire Cat Cost; 9: Birds and Bees; 10: Deadly Serendipity; 11: One Can't Be Too Rich or Too Thin; 12: Many-Headed Monster; 13: Woody Allen and Superman; 14: Not Even Oppenheimer; 15: The Long Tomorrow; 16: Travels with the Boatman; Acknowledgments and Disclosures; Glossary; Bibliographic Essay; Index.