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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rose, Michael R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cary : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.