The Long and the Short of It
The Science of Life Span and Aging
- Contents
- Review Quotes

1. Death and Immortality: Destination
2. An Hourglass on the Run: Life Span
3. After Many a Summer: Aging
4. The Eternal Thing: Heredity
5. Green Age: Plants
6. The Visionary Solution: Natural Selection
7. Semele’s Sacrifice: Suicide
8. Live Fast, Die Young: Pace
9. Forever Young? Mechanisms
Appendix: Scientific Names of Species Mentioned in Text
Notes
Index
"Jonathan Silvertown writes with grace and wit about one of the most important issues of our time. Drawing from the most up-to-date aging research and his personal and very sympathetic observations on the human condition, Silvertown makes the science of longevity accessible to the lay reader and insightful to the practitioner--a book that will be a pleasurable and informative read for everyone."
Biological Sciences: Evolutionary Biology | Natural History
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