Prospective Longevity: A New Vision of Population Aging

by Sergei Scherbov and Warren C. Sanderson

Book Overview

From two leading experts, a revolutionary new way to think about and measure aging.

Aging is a complex phenomenon. We usually think of chronological age as a benchmark, but it is actually a backward way of defining lifespan. It tells us how long we've lived so far, but what about the rest of our lives?

In this pathbreaking book, Warren C. Sanderson and Sergei Scherbov provide a new way to measure individual and population aging...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674975618
• ISBN13: 9780674975613
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"