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A distinguished scientist provides a close-up look at the human aging process, drawing on more than thirty years of research to explain how biological systems change over the course of time, as well as changes in human emotions, sexuality, personality, and memory. Reprint.
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Leonard Hayflick, Ph.D., is Professor of Anatomy at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, and was Professor of Medical Microbiology at Stanford University School of Medicine.
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A cell biologist who has studied the aging process for thirty years answers the big questions about aging, dispels the myths, and discusses the desirability of living longer.
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- PublisherBallantine Books Inc.
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0345401557
- ISBN 13 9780345401557
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