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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
James R Carey |
ISBN: | 0691088489 9780691088488 0691088497 9780691088495 |
OCLC Number: | 49386202 |
Description: | xxv, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Operational framework -- Mortality deceleration -- Reproduction and behavior -- Mortality dynamics of density -- Dietary effects -- Linkages between reproduction and longevity -- General biodemographic principles -- A general theory of longevity -- Epilogue: a conceptual overview of life span. |
Responsibility: | James R. Carey. |
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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 subjects... Longevity is one of those rare scientific books that has something both important and new to say. -- Michael R. Rose Bioscience Not only a fascinating tour of a major research initiative, but also an informative record of how science actually works. I read it with growing interest as the questions and problems unfolded with each new chapter. -- John Speakman Biologist Read more...

