02468oam 2200517 450 991081594200332120230422045531.01-280-47206-597866104720620-19-802939-X(CKB)1000000000702478(EBL)279493(OCoLC)476022778(SSID)ssj0000311553(PQKBManifestationID)12071926(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000311553(PQKBWorkID)10329409(PQKB)10645241(MiAaPQ)EBC279493(MiAaPQ)EBC4701121(EXLCZ)99100000000070247820130418d1999|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrTime of our lives the science of human aging /Tom KirkwoodNew York :Oxford University Press,1999.©19991 online resource (288 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-512824-9 Contents; Preface; 1 The funeral season; 2 Attitudes to ageing; 3 What's in a name?; 4 Longevity records; 5 The unnecessary nature of ageing; 6 Why ageing occurs; 7 Cells in crisis; 8 Molecules and mistakes; 9 Organs and orchestras; 10 The cancer connection; 11 Menopause and the big bang; 12 Eat less, live longer; 13 Why do women live longer than men?; 14 The Genie of the Genome; 15 In search of Wonka-Vite; 16 Making more time; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis is true, for he does show theoretically why there is no need for us to age, i.e. that there is no ""death gene"" that determines, more or less precisely, our longevity. Just don't expect any miracle cures. From a layman's viewpoint, the evolutionary argument he constructs for the development of aging in species is well elucidated and highly convincing. Aging is not, according to the disposable soma theory expounded here, anything to do with population control or some such crudely deterministic mechanism, but rather the genes making the best of what are, after all, limited energy resourcesAgingPopular worksAgingPopular works612.6/7Kirkwood Tom1676694AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910815942003321Time of our lives4043044UNINA