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The Living End: The New Sciences of Death, Ageing and Immortality
Guy Brown
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Description for The Living End: The New Sciences of Death, Ageing and Immortality
Hardcover. The decline of infections, starvation, warfare, heart attack and stroke has allowed people to reach extreme old age but ushered in disability, dementia and degenerative disease, with profound consequences for the self and society. Dr Guy Brown explores these vital issues at various levels, from the cell, to the whole body, to society. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBZ; MJX; PDZ; PSF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 392.
The decline of infections, starvation, warfare, heart attack and stroke has allowed people to reach extreme old age but ushered in disability, dementia and degenerative disease, with profound consequences for the self and society. Dr Guy Brown explores these vital issues at various levels, from the cell, to the whole body, to society.
The decline of infections, starvation, warfare, heart attack and stroke has allowed people to reach extreme old age but ushered in disability, dementia and degenerative disease, with profound consequences for the self and society. Dr Guy Brown explores these vital issues at various levels, from the cell, to the whole body, to society.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Macmillan Science
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230517578
SKU
V9780230517578
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Guy Brown
Dr Guy Brown heads a research group at the University of Cambridge, UK working on cell death in the brain, the heart and in cancer. His previous book The Energy of Life (Harper-Collins/Simon& Schuster) won the Wellcome Trust Prize for popular science.
Reviews for The Living End: The New Sciences of Death, Ageing and Immortality
Praise for The Energy of Life: "Guy Brown provides a wonderfully lucid and stimulating survey of all aspects of modern biology." - John Horgan, author of The Undiscovered Mind"A subject so basic, so pervasive, and yet no one has written a book about it before. Guy Brown has done an excellent job." - Susan Greenfield, Oxford University, author of The ... Read more