The Clock of Ages: Why We Age, How We Age, Winding Back the Clock

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The Clock of Ages: Why We Age, How We Age, Winding Back the Clock
by John J. Medina
from Cambridge University Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• A very interesting book
  I really enjoyed reading this didactic book, but I was a little dissapointed at the end.... I thought he was going to talk more about diet and life style, but he didn't. Maybe in a future edition, who knows. Anyway, it's a very good book, you should read it.
  

• A journey into the mechanics of aging
  Reading this book reminded me of a ride I once took at Disneyland where everything gets bigger and bigger so that you feel as if you are being reduced to microscopic size. You then travel into the human body, then a cell and then see the molecules that make them up. Medina starts with the human face of ageing - the final moments in the life of his aged mother - and then takes us on a journey from the outward signs of ageing to the molecular machinery which makes what he calls the "clock of ages"... more info

• Good Summary But Missing One Discussion
  Medina's work is an excellent, readable summary of what's currently known about aging. As it turns out, there are more questions than answers.

  However, in amongst all the discussion of immortality I wish he had devoted a chapter to the wisdom of such a quest. He mentions in passing the ants and bees who each perform a distinct function and, separated from their hive or nest, expire rather quickly. Medina repeats the oft-quoted maxim that they are more like a single organism with independently-functioning... more info

• "The Clock of Ages" Makes for Good Time
  "The Clock of Ages" by John J. Medina is subtitled 'Why We Age, How We Age, Winding Back the Clock.' Dr. Medina more adequately addressed the 'Why' and the 'How' of aging than the 'Winding Back the Clock.' As might be expected from a molecular biologist, Medina is at his most technical and most detailed when he is describing the major theories of aging--error accumulation and programmed death. Generally, he succeeds in clarifying technical concepts for the non-technical reader. The book is liberally... more info

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