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Argues that death is not unchanging, but rather has evolved over time.

Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations Preface Introduction: Death the Mystery Part I. How Biology Makes Sense of Death 1. Evolution: Death's Unifying Principle Death Evolves! False Clues: Where Science Got It Wrong In Sum 2. Charting Death's Evolution and Life's Extension Measuring Death's Evolution: Empirical Evidence Modeling the Evolution of Lifetimes Accommodating Increased Longevity In Sum 3. Rethinking Lifecycles and Arrows Life as a Cycle: Lifecycles Connect Life to Life Adaptations to Lifecycles The Linear View of Life: Life's Arrow What Is Wrong with the Weismann/Haeckel Doctrine In Sum 4. Keeping Life Afloat Why Is Life So Profligate? Gambling on Life: Death against the Odds Improving Profit Margins In Sum Part II. How Death Evolves and Where It Is Heading 5. Putting Cells in the Picture Cellular Theories of Life and Death The Cell's Role in Growth and Development The Cell's Role in Maintenance and Regeneration of Adult Tissues The Cell's Role in Death The Cell's Potential Role in Regeneration Therapy In Sum 6. Neoteny and Longevity The Time Is Out of Joint Juvenile Life Expectancy Spreads Upward Neoteny and the Germ Line Fecundity Is Decreasing In Sum Afterword How Death's Evolution Escaped the Gerontologist's Notice Where Will Death's Evolution Take Us? Appendix: Different Forms of Life and Death Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Stanley Shostak is Associate Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh and is the author of several books, including Evolution of Sameness and Difference: Perspectives on the Human Genome Project.

Review :
"The author has an innovative, if eccentric, notion about why human longevity has increased so dramatically over the past few centuries." - Quarterly Review of Biology "Who isn't fascinated by the topic of death, and who wouldn't want to know what scientists can tell us about it? I see Shostak's book as laying the foundation for an intriguing discussion of the relationship between death and morality, social justice and longevity, and aging and the good life." - Robert M. Johnson, author of A Logic Book: Fundamentals of Reasoning, Fifth Edition


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780791469460
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 260
  • Series Title: SUNY series in Philosophy and Biology
  • Sub Title: Why We Are Living Longer
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0791469468
  • Publisher Date: 12 Oct 2006
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 372 gr


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