The Paradoxes of Longevity
Published on 19. September 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 137 pages
978-3-642-64258-6 (ISBN)
Description
An ever greater number of our contemporaries will reach a very much greater age than their ancestors. Longevity is one of the most fertile fields for paradoxes: it is clear that the same causes do not produce the same effects at the age of ten and at the age of one hundred! On the subject of longevity, the "recipe book" is far from having been written. Nevertheless, the Fondation IPSEN has chosen a few of these paradoxes to discuss and try and explain them.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
X, 137 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
242 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-64258-6 (9783642642586)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-60100-2
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Other editions
Additional editions
Jean-Marie Robine | Bernard Forette | Claudio Franceschi
The Paradoxes of Longevity
E-Book
12/2012
Springer
€96.29
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Jean-Marie Robine | Bernard Forette | Claudio Franceschi
The Paradoxes of Longevity
Book
06/1999
Springer
€85.55
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Content
Longevity Without Aging: Possible Examples.- Genes that Modulate Longevity and Senescence.- How Mediterranean Fruit Flies Resist Aging, Live Long and Remain Fertile.- Do the Oldest Old Grow Old More Slowly?.- Resistance to Causes of Death: A Study of Cancer Mortality Resistance in the Oldest Old.- Are Common Risk Factors Relevant in the Eldest Old?.- The ?French Paradox? Nutrition and Longevity.- Calorie Restriction: A Potent Mechanistic Solution to the Oxygen Paradox.- Linguistic Ability in Early Life and Longevity: Findings from the Nun Study.- Personality and Longevity: Paradoxes.- Dying Healthy or Living Longer: A Society's Choice.