The Biology of Aging

by John A. Behnke

Book Overview

Egocentricity is characteristically human. It is natural for our prime in- terest to be ourselves and for one of our major concerns to be what affects us personally. Aging and death - universal and inevitable- have always been of compelling concern. Mystical explanations were invented when scientific answers were lacking. and gross physiologi- As scientific knowledge developed, anatomy cal processes were explained, and the roles of the endocrine glands...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461339960
• ISBN13: 9781461339960
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"