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    Cracking the Aging Code: The New Science of Growing Old - And What It Means for Staying Young
    Cracking the Aging Code: The New Science of Growing Old - And What It Means for Staying Young
    Cracking the Aging Code: The New Science of Growing Old - And What It Means for Staying Young
    Audiobook12 hours

    Cracking the Aging Code: The New Science of Growing Old - And What It Means for Staying Young

    Written by Josh Mitteldorf and Dorion Sagan

    Narrated by Stephen McLaughlin

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    About this audiobook

    A revolutionary examination of why we age, what it means for our health, and how we just might be able to fight it.

    In Cracking the Aging Code, theoretical biologist Josh Mitteldorf and award-winning writer and ecological philosopher Dorion Sagan reveal that evolution and aging are even more complex and breathtaking than we originally thought. Using meticulous multidisciplinary science, as well as reviewing the history of our understanding about evolution, this book makes the case that aging is not something that “just happens,” nor is it the result of wear and tear or a genetic inevitability. Rather, aging has a fascinating evolutionary purpose: to stabilize populations and ecosystems, which are ever-threatened by cyclic swings that can lead to extinction.

    When a population grows too fast it can put itself at risk of a wholesale wipeout. Aging has evolved to help us adjust our growth in a sustainable fashion as well as prevent an ecological crisis from starvation, predation, pollution, or infection.

    This dynamic new understanding of aging is provocative, entertaining, and pioneering, and will challenge the way we understand aging, death, and just what makes us human.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateJun 14, 2016
    ISBN9781427272829
    Cracking the Aging Code: The New Science of Growing Old - And What It Means for Staying Young
    Author

    Josh Mitteldorf

    Theoretical-biologist Josh Mitteldorf has a PhD from UPenn. He runs the website AgingAdvice.org, and writes a weekly column for ScienceBlog.com. Mitteldorf has had visiting research and teaching positions at various universities including MIT, Harvard, and Berkeley.

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