LEADER 02926nam 22005894a 450 001 9910454200203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-80690-0 010 $a9786611806903 010 $a0-8261-1877-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000576922 035 $a(EBL)375438 035 $a(OCoLC)476207762 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000229135 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11219577 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000229135 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10167896 035 $a(PQKB)11265756 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC375438 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL375438 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10265252 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000576922 100 $a20031020e20041908 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe prolongation of life$b[electronic resource] $eoptimistic studies /$fIlya Metchnikoff ; English translation edited by P. Chalmers Mitchell 210 $aNew York $cSpringer Pub.$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (296 p.) 225 1 $aClassics in longevity and aging series 300 $aOriginally published: New York : Putnam, 1908. 311 $a0-8261-1876-3 327 $aContents; Foreword; Original Preface; Original Editor's Introduction; Introduction to the American Edition of 1910; Introduction to the Reprinted Edition, 1977; Part I: The Investigation of Old Age; Part II: Longevity in the Animal Kingdom; Part III: Investigations on Natural Death; Part IV: Should We Try to Prolong Human Life?; Part V: Psychical Rudiments in Man; Part VI: Some Points in the History of Social Animals; Part VII: Pessimism and Optimism; Part VIII: Goethe and Faust; Part IX: Science and Morality; Endnotes; Index 330 $a""Three chief evils that hang over us are disease, old age, and death. To study and control senescence, Metchnikoff proposed the establishment of a new scientific discipline he named 'gerontology.' In this classic text on the prolongation of life, Metchnikoff suggests that science should be encouraged and helped in every possible way in its task of removing the diseases and habits that now prevent human life from running its normal course, and his belief is that, were the task accomplished, the great cause of pessimism would disappear. Metchnikoff was able to proclaim himself an optimist, and 410 0$aClassics in longevity and aging series. 606 $aAging 606 $aOlder people$xSocial conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAging. 615 0$aOlder people$xSocial conditions. 676 $a612.6/8 700 $aMetchnikoff$b Elie$f1845-1916.$085402 701 $aMitchell$b P. Chalmers$g(Peter Chalmers),$cSir,$f1864-1945.$0859182 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454200203321 996 $aThe prolongation of life$91917587 997 $aUNINA