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Longevity: The Biology and Demography of Life Span
James R. Carey
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Description for Longevity: The Biology and Demography of Life Span
Paperback. Develops a biological and demographic framework for identifying the key factors that govern aging, life span, and mortality in humans and other animals. This work presents the results of a National Institute on Aging-funded research project on the determinants of longevity using data from the life tables of five million Mediterranean fruit flies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 76 line illus. 30 tables. BIC Classification: JHBD; MFK; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Despite our deep interest in mortality, little is known about why some individuals live to middle age and others to extreme old age. Life span, mortality, and aging present some of the most profound mysteries in biology. In Longevity, James Carey draws on unprecedented data to develop a biological and demographic framework for identifying the key factors that govern aging, life span, and mortality in humans and other animals. Carey presents the results of a monumental, twelve-year, National Institute on Aging-funded research project on the determinants of longevity using data from the life tables of five million Mediterranean fruit flies, ... Read more
Despite our deep interest in mortality, little is known about why some individuals live to middle age and others to extreme old age. Life span, mortality, and aging present some of the most profound mysteries in biology. In Longevity, James Carey draws on unprecedented data to develop a biological and demographic framework for identifying the key factors that govern aging, life span, and mortality in humans and other animals. Carey presents the results of a monumental, twelve-year, National Institute on Aging-funded research project on the determinants of longevity using data from the life tables of five million Mediterranean fruit flies, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691088495
SKU
V9780691088495
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About James R. Carey
James R. Carey is Professor and former Vice Chair of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, and Senior Scholar of the Center for the Economics and Demography of Aging at the University of California, Berkeley. Principal investigator for the research project this book is based upon, he is the author of "Applied Demography for Biologists" and the lead author ... Read more
Reviews for Longevity: The Biology and Demography of Life Span
"I strongly recommend the book to researchers, students, and other readers interested in longevity and aging... Both the experimental findings and the theoretical discussions in this book are new and important contributions to our understanding of life span."
Shiro Horiuchi, Population and Development Review "This book definitively announces a scientific revolution in our understanding of life history, aging, demography, and kindred ... Read more
Shiro Horiuchi, Population and Development Review "This book definitively announces a scientific revolution in our understanding of life history, aging, demography, and kindred ... Read more