Book description
We now live longer today than at any time in history. In the UK,
more people are aged over sixty-five than under sixteen and by 2050,
over a third of the developed world will be over sixty. How should we
deal with this phenomenon? What are the scientific reasons for ageing?
And can - or should - we prevent it? Lewis Wolpert, distinguished
biologist and octogenarian, explores the scientific background and the
implications of our ageing population. In this engaging investigation,
he tackles every aspect of the subject from ageism to euthanasia to
anti-ageing cream and, through it all, tries to better understand his
own ageing. Witty, frank and often inspiring, Lewis Wolpert is the
perfect guide to 'looking very well'.
Lewis Wolpert is a distinguished developmental biologist, and is
Emeritus Professor of Biology as Applied to Medicine at University
College, London. He is the author of, among others, The Unnatural
Nature of Science and Malignant Sadness, which was described by
Anthony Storr as 'the most objective short account of all the various
approaches to depression'. His most recent book, How We Live and Why
We Die, was published in 2009.
