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Long, Bright Future
Laura L. Carstensen
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Description for Long, Bright Future
Paperback. "Revised and updated."--P. [4] of cover. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 211 x 25. Weight in Grams: 356.
The twentieth century bequeathed us a fabulous gift: thirty more years of life on average. Supersized life spans are going to radically alter society, and present an unprecedented opportunity to change our approach not only to old age but to all of life's stages. The ramifications are just beginning to dawn on us.... yet in the meantime, we keep thinking about, and planning for, life as it used to be lived. In A Long Bright Future , longevity and aging expert Laura Carstensen guides us into the new possibilities offered by a longer life. She debunks the myths ... Read more
The twentieth century bequeathed us a fabulous gift: thirty more years of life on average. Supersized life spans are going to radically alter society, and present an unprecedented opportunity to change our approach not only to old age but to all of life's stages. The ramifications are just beginning to dawn on us.... yet in the meantime, we keep thinking about, and planning for, life as it used to be lived. In A Long Bright Future , longevity and aging expert Laura Carstensen guides us into the new possibilities offered by a longer life. She debunks the myths ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781610390576
SKU
V9781610390576
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99-15
About Laura L. Carstensen
Laura L. Carstensen, Ph.D. is a professor of psychology, and the founding director of the Stanford centre on Longevity. Her research has been supported for more than twenty years by the National Institute on Aging. A Guggenheim Fellow, an NIH Merit Award winner and a member of the MacArthur Foundation's Research Network on an Aging Society, she lives in Los ... Read more
Reviews for Long, Bright Future
Huffington Post "Many great minds are committed to redefining aging and retirement models that embrace this new reality. One of them is Laura Carstensen. Carstensen has been on the forefront of research on aging for nearly 30 years."