Borrowed Time: The Science of How and Why We Age
Sue Armstrong
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Borrowed Time: The Science of How and Why We Age
Sue Armstrong
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Rave
Positive
Mixed
Pan
Armstrong adeptly distills contemporary gerontology research.
To her credit, Ms. Armstrong doesn’t pretend that there is any one answer to the question of why we age as we do. The science she presents is a grab bag of divergent theories, each championed by a scientific subspecialty.
Armstrong uses an informal style to explain complicated research in lay-friendly terms. Her book will be of interest to everyone who hopes to live a long, healthy life..
Alzheimer’s hijacks the latter half of the book. While it is probably the disease we fear most as we age, it is not likely more related to aging than are a myriad of diseases, making its emphasis a bit at odds with the book’s objective.
Complex, nuanced and cautious, yet it suggests that we are on the brink of a revolution.
Armstrong illuminatingly surveys research into aging’s biological mechanisms.
An exploration of aging that answers all readers’ questions except how they might reverse it.