Overview
Introduction
Live Long and Prosper
by Karin Tucker
Section 1: Why We Age
1.1 Still Evolving (After All These Years)
by John Hawkes
1.2 Evolved to Exercise
by Herman Pontzer
1.3 Long Live the Humans
by Heather Pringle
1.4 Horizons in the Evolution of Aging
by Thomas Flatt & Linda Partridge
1.5 The Health-Wealth Gap
by Robert M. Sapolsky
1.6 Times of Our Lives
by Karen Wright
Section 2: Preventing Age-Related Disease: Healthy Mind and Body
2.1 In Search of the Optimal Brain Diet
by Bret Stetka
2.2 Banking Against Alzheimer’s
by David A. Bennett
2.3 Why Exercise Works Magic
by Shari S. Bassuk, Timothy S. Church & JoAnn E. Manson
2.4 Slowing Age-Based Memory Loss
by Shelly Fan
2.5 The For-Real Science of Brain Training
by Dan Hurley
Section 3: Longevity Studies: Forever Is a Mighty Long Time
3.1 Living to 120
by Bill Gifford
3.2 The Human Age Limit Debate
by Linda Geddes
3.3 No Limit to Longevity
by Elie Dolgin
3.4 The Oldest Old
by Thomas T. Perls