The clock of ages : why we age-- how we age-- winding back the clock / John J. Medina.
The clock of ages : why we age-- how we age-- winding back the clock / John J. Medina.
The clock of ages : why we age-- how we age-- winding back the clock / John J. Medina.
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Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Date
1996.
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N612.67/24
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. Who ages? 1. A slippery overarching definition. 2. Humanizing aging and death. 3. Why age at all? -- Pt. 2. How do we age? 4. How the skin and hair age. 5. The aging of bones, muscles and joints. 6. The aging of the brain. 7. How the heart ages. 8. The aging of the lungs. 9. What happens to t...
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1996.
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Summary
Anyone who has watched the wrinkles of time develop on their face, or has been disturbed by a loss of memory, has uncomfortably confronted the human aging process. The inexorable march of time on our bodies begs an important question: why do we have to grow old? Written in everyday language, The Clock of Ages takes us on a tour of the aging human b...
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The clock of ages : why we age-- how we age-- winding back the clock / John J. Medina.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-325) and index.
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N612.67/24
Record Identifier
74VM5LXx0BLX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM5LXx0BLX
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ISBN
0521462444
9780521462440 (hc)
0521462444 (hc)
9780521594561 (pbk.)
0521594561 (pbk.)
9780521462440
DDC
612.67
613.0438
MMS ID
991003676079702626
