{"product_id":"borrowed-time-the-science-of-how-and-why-we-age","title":"Borrowed Time: The Science of How and Why We Age","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBorrowed Time: The Science of How and Why We Age\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSue Armstrong\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781472936066\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBloomsbury Sigma\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e272\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe question of how and why organisms age has teased scientists for centuries. There are myriad competing theories, from the idea that aging is a simple wear and tear process, like the rusting of a car, to the belief that aging and death are genetically programmed and controlled. In fact, there is no clearly defined limit to life, and no single, predictable program playing itself out: different things are happening within and between tissues, and each system or organ accumulates damage at its own pace, according to the kind of insults imposed on it by daily living. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSometime before 2020, the number of people over sixty-five worldwide will, for the first time, be greater than the number of 0-4 year olds; and by 2050 there are likely to be 2.5 times as many older people in the world as toddlers. Sue Armstrong tells the story of society's quest to understand aging through the eyes of the scientists themselves, as well as through the \"ordinary\" people who exemplify the mysteries of ageing--from those who suffer from the premature aging condition, Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome, to people still running marathons in their 80s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBorrowed Time \u003c\/i\u003ewill investigate such mind-boggling experiments as transfusing young blood into old rodents, and research into transplanting the first human head, among many others. It will explore where science is taking us and what issues are being raised from a psychological, philosophical and ethical perspective, through interviews with, and profiles of, key scientists in the field and the people who represent interesting and important aspects of aging.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Sigma","offers":[{"title":"Borrowed Time: The Science of How and Why We Age | Sue Armstrong | Hardcover | 9781472936066 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks E 1784546","offer_id":67623869317272,"sku":"1784546","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71h543Sdt7L.jpg?v=1790968512","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/borrowed-time-the-science-of-how-and-why-we-age","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}