Vitality and aging : implications of the rectangular curve / James F. Fries, Lawrence M. Crapo.
Publication details: San Francisco : W.H. Freeman, c1981.Description: xii, 172 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 071671308X
- 0716713098 (pbk.)
- 612.67 19 FRI
- QP86 .F73
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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.
Includes Bibliography: p. 153-165 and index.
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