Vitality and aging : implications of the rectangular curve /
Fries, James F.
Vitality and aging : implications of the rectangular curve / James F. Fries, Lawrence M. Crapo. - San Francisco : W.H. Freeman, c1981. - xii, 172 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes Bibliography: p. 153-165 and index.
Contents
Chapter One. New syllogism
Chapter Two. Myth of Methuselah
Chapter Three. Aging and the rectangular curve
Chapter Four. Hayflick limit
Chapter Five. Elimination of premature disease
Chapter Six. Sharp downslope of natural death
Chapter Seven. Emergence of chronic, universal disease
Chapter Eight. Natural life and natural death
Chapter Nine. Plasticity of aging
Chapter Ten. Triumph and despair
Chapter Eleven. One-hoss shay.
071671308X 0716713098 (pbk.)
81004566
Aging.
Longevity.
Vitality.
WT 104 F912v 1981
Vitality and aging : implications of the rectangular curve / James F. Fries, Lawrence M. Crapo. - San Francisco : W.H. Freeman, c1981. - xii, 172 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes Bibliography: p. 153-165 and index.
Contents
Chapter One. New syllogism
Chapter Two. Myth of Methuselah
Chapter Three. Aging and the rectangular curve
Chapter Four. Hayflick limit
Chapter Five. Elimination of premature disease
Chapter Six. Sharp downslope of natural death
Chapter Seven. Emergence of chronic, universal disease
Chapter Eight. Natural life and natural death
Chapter Nine. Plasticity of aging
Chapter Ten. Triumph and despair
Chapter Eleven. One-hoss shay.
071671308X 0716713098 (pbk.)
81004566
Aging.
Longevity.
Vitality.
WT 104 F912v 1981