The clock of ages : why we age-- how we age-- winding back the clock / John J. Medina.

Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

xi, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-325) and index

Who ages? -- A slippery overarching definition -- Humanizing aging and death -- Why age at all -- How do we age? -- How the skin and hair age -- The aging of bones, muscles and joints -- The aging of the brain -- How the heart ages -- The aging of the lungs -- What happens to the digestion -- How the senses age -- The aging of the reproductive system -- Why do we age? -- A tale of two theories -- Error accumulation -- Programmed death -- Winding back the clock.